Patch "compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
compiler-gcc.h-__nostackprotector-needs-gcc-4.4-and-up.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:21:59 +0100
Subject: compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]>

commit d9afaaa4ff7af8b87d4a205e48cb8a6f666d7f01 upstream.

Gcc versions before 4.4 do not recognize the __optimize__ compiler attribute:

warning: ‘__optimize__’ attribute directive ignored

---
 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@
 
 #if GCC_VERSION >= 40100
 # define __compiletime_object_size(obj) __builtin_object_size(obj, 0)
-
-#define __nostackprotector	__attribute__((__optimize__("no-stack-protector")))
 #endif
 
 #if GCC_VERSION >= 40300

@@ -198,6 +196,7 @@
 
 #if GCC_VERSION >= 40400
 #define __optimize(level)	__attribute__((__optimize__(level)))
+#define __nostackprotector	__optimize("no-stack-protector")
 #endif /* GCC_VERSION >= 40400 */
 
 #if GCC_VERSION >= 40500

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/compiler-gcc.h-__nostackprotector-needs-gcc-4.4-and-up.patch queue-4.14/compiler-gcc.h-introduce-__optimize-function-attribute.patch