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compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64

PATCH In review Will Deacon 3 participants 3 messages Jan 25, 2021 – Jan 26, 2021 Stable branch

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PATCH v2 1/1 compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64

commit dca5244d2f5b94f1809f0c02a549edf41ccd5493 upstream.

GCC versions >= 4.9 and < 5.1 have been shown to emit memory references beyond the stack pointer, resulting in memory corruption if an interrupt is taken after the stack pointer has been adjusted but before the reference has been executed. This leads to subtle, infrequent data corruption such as the EXT4 problems reported by Russell King at the link below.

Life is too short for buggy compilers, so raise the minimum GCC version required by arm64 to 5.1.

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 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
include/linux/compiler-gcc.h +6 -0
index af8b4a879934..9485abe76b68 100644
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 
 #if GCC_VERSION < 30200
 # error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
+#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64) && GCC_VERSION < 50100 && !defined(__clang__)
+/*
+ * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
+ */
+# error Sorry, your version of GCC is too old - please use 5.1 or newer.
 #endif
 
 #if GCC_VERSION < 30300
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Quoted 32 lines · Will Deacon

commit dca5244d2f5b94f1809f0c02a549edf41ccd5493 upstream.

GCC versions >= 4.9 and < 5.1 have been shown to emit memory references beyond the stack pointer, resulting in memory corruption if an interrupt is taken after the stack pointer has been adjusted but before the reference has been executed. This leads to subtle, infrequent data corruption such as the EXT4 problems reported by Russell King at the link below.

Life is too short for buggy compilers, so raise the minimum GCC version required by arm64 to 5.1.

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 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Thanks, now queued up, let's try this again :)

greg k-h

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Quoted 24 lines · Greg KH
Quoted 22 lines · Will Deacon

commit dca5244d2f5b94f1809f0c02a549edf41ccd5493 upstream.

GCC versions >= 4.9 and < 5.1 have been shown to emit memory references beyond the stack pointer, resulting in memory corruption if an interrupt is taken after the stack pointer has been adjusted but before the reference has been executed. This leads to subtle, infrequent data corruption such as the EXT4 problems reported by Russell King at the link below.

Life is too short for buggy compilers, so raise the minimum GCC version required by arm64 to 5.1.

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Cc Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Cc Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
Cc Naresh Kamboju <[email protected]>
[will: backport to 4.4.y/4.9.y/4.14.y; add __clang__ check]

LGTM

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 include/linux/compiler-gcc.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Thanks, now queued up, let's try this again :)

greg k-h

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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers