linux/kernel
Linus Torvalds dee264c16a require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30
x86 already uses gcc-8 as the minimum version, this changes all other
 architectures to the same version. gcc-8 is used is Debian 10 and Red
 Hat Enterprise Linux 8, both of which are still supported, and binutils
 2.30 is the oldest corresponding version on those. Ubuntu Pro 18.04 and
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 both use gcc-7 as the system compiler
 but additionally include toolchains that remain supported.
 
 With the new minimum toolchain versions, a number of workarounds for older
 versions can be dropped, in particular on x86_64 and arm64.  Importantly,
 the updated compiler version allows removing two of the five remaining
 gcc plugins, as support for sancov and structeak features is already
 included in modern compiler versions.
 
 I tried collecting the known changes that are possible based on the
 new toolchain version, but expect that more cleanups will be possible.
 Since this touches multiple architectures, I merged the patches through
 the asm-generic tree.
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Merge tag 'gcc-minimum-version-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic

Pull compiler version requirement update from Arnd Bergmann:
 "Require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30

  x86 already uses gcc-8 as the minimum version, this changes all other
  architectures to the same version. gcc-8 is used is Debian 10 and Red
  Hat Enterprise Linux 8, both of which are still supported, and
  binutils 2.30 is the oldest corresponding version on those.

  Ubuntu Pro 18.04 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 both use gcc-7 as
  the system compiler but additionally include toolchains that remain
  supported.

  With the new minimum toolchain versions, a number of workarounds for
  older versions can be dropped, in particular on x86_64 and arm64.
  Importantly, the updated compiler version allows removing two of the
  five remaining gcc plugins, as support for sancov and structeak
  features is already included in modern compiler versions.

  I tried collecting the known changes that are possible based on the
  new toolchain version, but expect that more cleanups will be possible.

  Since this touches multiple architectures, I merged the patches
  through the asm-generic tree."

* tag 'gcc-minimum-version-6.16' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/asm-generic:
  Makefile.kcov: apply needed compiler option unconditionally in CFLAGS_KCOV
  Documentation: update binutils-2.30 version reference
  gcc-plugins: remove SANCOV gcc plugin
  Kbuild: remove structleak gcc plugin
  arm64: drop binutils version checks
  raid6: skip avx512 checks
  kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30
2025-05-31 08:16:52 -07:00
..
bpf bpf-next-6.16 2025-05-28 15:52:42 -07:00
cgroup ARM: 2025-05-29 08:10:01 -07:00
configs Networking changes for 6.16. 2025-05-28 15:24:36 -07:00
debug TTY/Serial driver updates for 6.15-rc1 2025-04-02 18:17:33 -07:00
dma dma-mapping updates for Linux 6.16: 2025-05-27 20:09:06 -07:00
entry entry: Inline syscall_exit_to_user_mode() 2025-04-29 08:27:10 +02:00
events perf: Only dump the throttle log for the leader 2025-05-21 13:57:43 +02:00
futex futex: Correct the kernedoc return value for futex_wait_setup(). 2025-05-21 13:57:41 +02:00
gcov kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30 2025-04-30 21:53:35 +02:00
irq Updates for the MSI subsystem (core code and PCI): 2025-05-27 08:15:26 -07:00
kcsan treewide, timers: Rename destroy_timer_on_stack() as timer_destroy_on_stack() 2025-05-08 19:49:33 +02:00
livepatch sched,livepatch: Untangle cond_resched() and live-patching 2025-05-14 13:16:24 +02:00
locking Locking changes for v6.16: 2025-05-26 14:42:07 -07:00
module 22 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.14 issues 2025-05-25 07:48:35 -07:00
power Power management updates for 6.16-rc1 2025-05-27 16:48:47 -07:00
printk printk changes for 6.15 2025-03-27 19:22:24 -07:00
rcu Another set of timer API cleanups: 2025-05-27 08:31:21 -07:00
sched bpf-next-6.16 2025-05-28 15:52:42 -07:00
time Updates for the time/timer core code: 2025-05-27 09:04:15 -07:00
trace ring-buffer changes for v6.16: 2025-05-30 21:20:11 -07:00
.gitignore
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: Fix "select" wording on HZ_250 description 2025-02-21 09:20:30 +01:00
Kconfig.kexec crash, powerpc: default to CRASH_DUMP=n on PPC_BOOK3S_32 2024-11-14 22:43:48 -08:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt sched: No PREEMPT_RT=y for all{yes,mod}config 2024-11-07 15:25:05 +01:00
Makefile tracing: Disable branch profiling in noinstr code 2025-03-22 09:49:26 +01:00
acct.c acct: block access to kernel internal filesystems 2025-02-12 12:24:16 +01:00
async.c
audit.c audit: record AUDIT_ANOM_* events regardless of presence of rules 2025-04-11 14:14:41 -04:00
audit.h audit: change context data from secid to lsm_prop 2024-10-11 14:34:16 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c fs: add kern_path_locked_negative() 2025-04-15 11:32:34 +02:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix suffixed '/' filename matching 2024-12-05 19:22:38 -05:00
auditsc.c fs: dedup handling of struct filename init and refcounts bumps 2025-03-18 15:34:27 +01:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() 2024-06-24 22:24:55 -07:00
bounds.c
capability.c capability: Remove unused has_capability 2025-03-07 22:03:09 -06:00
cfi.c Modules changes for 6.15-rc1 2025-03-30 15:44:36 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Make RCU watch ct_kernel_exit_state() warning 2025-03-04 18:44:29 -08:00
cpu.c perf: Remove too early and redundant CPU hotplug handling 2025-05-08 21:50:19 +02:00
cpu_pm.c
crash_core.c crash: Use note name macros 2025-02-10 16:56:58 -08:00
crash_reserve.c crash: remove an unused argument from reserve_crashkernel_generic() 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
cred.c cred: remove old {override,revert}_creds() helpers 2024-12-02 11:25:09 +01:00
delayacct.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
dma.c
elfcorehdr.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c Scheduler updates for v6.16: 2025-05-26 15:19:58 -07:00
exit.h
extable.c
fail_function.c
fork.c Locking changes for v6.16: 2025-05-26 14:42:07 -07:00
freezer.c sched/fair: Fix external p->on_rq users 2024-10-14 09:14:35 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh Revert "kheaders: Ignore silly-rename files" 2025-03-15 21:22:52 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c hung_task: show the blocker task if the task is hung on mutex 2025-03-21 22:10:04 -07:00
iomem.c mm/memremap: Pass down MEMREMAP_* flags to arch_memremap_wb() 2025-02-21 15:05:38 +01:00
irq_work.c kasan: make kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() the default behaviour 2025-01-13 22:40:36 -08:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address(). 2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Remove KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU 2025-02-18 10:16:04 +01:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: get rid of code for absolute kallsyms 2024-07-20 16:33:21 +09:00
kallsyms_selftest.c kallsyms: Use kthread_run_on_cpu() 2025-01-02 22:12:12 +01:00
kallsyms_selftest.h
kcmp.c kcmp: improve performance adding an unlikely hint to task comparisons 2025-02-21 10:25:33 +01:00
kcov.c kcov: mark in_softirq_really() as __always_inline 2024-12-30 17:59:08 -08:00
kexec.c
kexec_core.c kexec: define functions to map and unmap segments 2025-04-29 15:54:53 -04:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c ima: kexec: move IMA log copy from kexec load to execute 2025-04-29 15:54:54 -04:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: use atomic_try_cmpxchg_acquire() in kexec_trylock() 2024-09-01 20:43:23 -07:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Simplify attribute through __BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_RO() 2024-12-24 09:46:49 +01:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address(). 2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
ksyms_common.c
ksysfs.c kernel/ksysfs.c: simplify bin_attribute definition 2025-01-07 16:59:15 +01:00
kthread.c treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
latencytop.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
module_signature.c
notifier.c reboot: move reboot_notifier_list to kernel/reboot.c 2024-11-05 17:12:31 -08:00
nsproxy.c kernel/nsproxy: remove unnecessary guards 2025-05-09 13:13:54 +02:00
padata.c padata: do not leak refcount in reorder_work 2025-05-19 13:44:16 +08:00
panic.c panic: Move panic ctl tables into panic.c 2025-04-09 13:32:16 +02:00
params.c module: ensure that kobject_put() is safe for module type kobjects 2025-05-07 20:24:59 +02:00
pid.c pidfs: detect refcount bugs 2025-05-06 13:59:00 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid: Do not set pid_max in new pid namespaces 2025-03-06 10:18:36 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
profile.c profiling: remove profile=sleep support 2024-08-04 13:36:28 -07:00
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c - The 7 patch series "powerpc/crash: use generic crashkernel 2025-04-01 10:06:52 -07:00
regset.c
relay.c relay: use kasprintf() instead of fixed buffer formatting 2025-03-21 22:10:05 -07:00
resource.c resource: replace open coded variant of DEFINE_RES() 2025-03-21 22:10:05 -07:00
resource_kunit.c resource, kunit: fix user-after-free in resource_test_region_intersects() 2024-10-09 12:47:19 -07:00
rseq.c rseq: Fix segfault on registration when rseq_cs is non-zero 2025-03-06 22:26:49 +01:00
scftorture.c scftorture: Handle NULL argument passed to scf_add_to_free_list(). 2024-11-14 16:09:51 -08:00
scs.c
seccomp.c seccomp: avoid the lock trip seccomp_filter_release in common case 2025-02-24 11:17:10 -08:00
signal.c signal: Move signal ctl tables into signal.c 2025-04-09 13:32:16 +02:00
smp.c CSD-lock pull request for v6.14 2025-01-28 11:34:03 -08:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c lockdep: Fix wait context check on softirq for PREEMPT_RT 2025-03-25 10:46:44 +01:00
stackleak.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
stacktrace.c
static_call.c
static_call_inline.c Modules changes for 6.15-rc1 2025-03-30 15:44:36 -07:00
stop_machine.c stop-machine: Add comment for rcu_momentary_eqs() 2025-03-11 10:15:52 -07:00
sys.c futex: Add basic infrastructure for local task local hash 2025-05-03 12:02:07 +02:00
sys_ni.c Probes updates for v6.11: 2024-07-18 12:19:20 -07:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c 2025-04-14 14:13:41 +02:00
sysctl.c sparc: mv sparc sysctls into their own file under arch/sparc/kernel 2025-04-09 13:32:16 +02:00
task_work.c kasan: make kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() the default behaviour 2025-01-13 22:40:36 -08:00
taskstats.c fdget(), more trivial conversions 2024-11-03 01:28:06 -05:00
torture.c torture: Add get_torture_init_jiffies() for test-start time 2025-02-05 07:14:24 -08:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Print the function symbol when tracepoint_debug is set 2025-03-21 15:30:10 -04:00
tsacct.c tsacct: replace strncpy() with strscpy() 2024-07-12 16:39:53 -07:00
ucount.c ucount: use rcuref_t for reference counting 2025-03-16 22:30:50 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
up.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c uidgid: make sure we fit into one cacheline 2024-09-12 12:16:09 +02:00
user_namespace.c uidgid: add map_id_range_up() 2025-02-12 12:12:27 +01:00
usermode_driver.c
utsname.c
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
vhost_task.c vhost_task: fix vhost_task_create() documentation 2025-04-18 10:08:11 -04:00
vmcore_info.c mm: support only one page_type per page 2024-09-03 21:15:43 -07:00
watch_queue.c vfs-6.15-rc1.pipe 2025-03-24 09:52:37 -07:00
watchdog.c A treewide hrtimer timer cleanup 2025-03-25 10:54:15 -07:00
watchdog_buddy.c
watchdog_perf.c - The 7 patch series "powerpc/crash: use generic crashkernel 2025-04-01 10:06:52 -07:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Changes for v6.16 2025-05-27 20:49:06 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h