linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] Kbuild: use -std=gnu11 for KBUILD

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Date:   Tue,  1 Mar 2022 15:52:33 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Kbuild: use -std=gnu11 for KBUILD_USERCFLAGS

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

As we change the C language standard for the kernel from gnu89 to
gnu11, it makes sense to also update the version for user space
compilation.

Some users have older native compilers than what they use for
kernel builds, so I considered using gnu99 as the default version
for wider compatibility with gcc-4.6 and earlier.

However, testing with older compilers showed that we already require
HOSTCC version 5.1 as well because a lot of host tools include
linux/compiler.h that uses __has_attribute():

  CC      tools/objtool/exec-cmd.o
In file included from tools/include/linux/compiler_types.h:36:0,
                 from tools/include/linux/compiler.h:5,
                 from exec-cmd.c:2:
tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h:19:5: error: "__has_attribute" is not defined [-Werror=undef]

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 37ef6a555dcd..7c9be7f1ccd4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ HOSTCXX	= g++
 endif
 
 export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
-			    -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89 \
+			    -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu11 \
 			    -Wdeclaration-after-statement
 export KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS :=
 
-- 
2.29.2