compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8

It is very rare to see versions of GCC prior to 4.8 being used to build
the mainline kernel. These old compilers are also know to have codegen
issues which can lead to silent miscompilation:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145

Raise the minimum GCC version for kernel build to 4.8 and remove some
tautological Kconfig dependencies as a consequence.

Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Will Deacon 2020-01-22 19:38:21 +00:00
parent 8f3d9f3542
commit 5429ef62bc
6 changed files with 10 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
+ __GNUC_MINOR__ * 100 \
+ __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__)
#if GCC_VERSION < 40600
/* https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145 */
#if GCC_VERSION < 40800
# error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
#endif
@ -126,9 +127,7 @@
#if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP) && !defined(__CHECKER__)
#define __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP32__
#define __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP64__
#if GCC_VERSION >= 40800
#define __HAVE_BUILTIN_BSWAP16__
#endif
#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP && !__CHECKER__ */
#if GCC_VERSION >= 70000