linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/12] parisc/percpu: Work around the lack of __SIZEOF_INT128_

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 15:57:25 -0400
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/12] parisc/percpu: Work around the lack of __SIZEOF_INT128__

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 3:40 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> "With 64bit builds depending on __SIZEOF_INT128__ to detect the
> presence of __int128 raise the parisc minimum compiler version to
> gcc-11.0.0."
>
> better?

I'd just say "64-bit targets need the __int128 type, which for pa-risc
means raising the minimum gcc version to 11".

The __SIZEOF_INT128__ part isn't the important part. That's just the symptom.

               Linus