From cafa0010cd51fb711fdcb50fc55f394c5f167a0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:15:26 -0700 Subject: Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6 Various architectures fail to build properly with older versions of the gcc compiler. An example from Guenter Roeck in thread [1]: > > In file included from ./include/linux/mm.h:17:0, > from ./include/linux/pid_namespace.h:7, > from ./include/linux/ptrace.h:10, > from arch/openrisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c:32: > ./include/linux/mm_types.h:497:16: error: flexible array member in otherwise empty struct > > This is just an example with gcc 4.5.1 for or32. I have seen the problem > with gcc 4.4 (for unicore32) as well. So update the minimum required version of gcc to 4.6. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180814170904.GA12768@roeck-us.net/ Miscellanea: - Update Documentation/process/changes.rst - Remove and consolidate version test blocks in compiler-gcc.h for versions lower than 4.6 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 7a92a06f90de..61f918b10a0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 3.2 gcc --version +GNU C 4.6 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.20 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version -- cgit v1.2.3