Enable support for GCC plugins on powerpc.
Add an additional version check in gcc-plugins-check to advise users to
upgrade to gcc 5.2+ on powerpc to avoid issues with header files (gcc <=
4.6) or missing copies of rs6000-cpus.def (4.8 to 5.1 on 64-bit targets).
Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnel...@au1.ibm.com>
---
Open to bikeshedding on the gcc version check.
Compile tested with all plugins enabled on gcc 4.6-6.2,
x86->ppc{32,64,64le} and 4.8-6.2 ppc64le->ppc{32,64,64le}. Thanks to
Chris Smart for help with this.
I think it's best to take this through powerpc#next with an ACK from
Kees/Emese?
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 65fba4c..6efbc08 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ config PPC
select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS if MPROFILE_KERNEL
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
+ select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
select VIRT_TO_BUS if !PPC64
select HAVE_IDE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index 26c67b7..9835a75 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ gcc-plugins-check: FORCE
ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
ifeq ($(PLUGINCC),)
ifneq ($(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),)
+ # Various gccs between 4.5 and 5.1 have bugs on powerpc due to missing
+ # header files. gcc <= 4.6 doesn't work at all, gccs from 4.8 to 5.1 have
+ # issues with 64-bit targets.
+ ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
+ ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -le, 0501, y), y)
+ @echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: plugin support on gcc <= 5.1 is
buggy on powerpc, please upgrade to gcc 5.2 or newer" >&2 && exit 1
+ endif
+ endif
ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 0405, y), y)
$(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh --show-error "$(__PLUGINCC)"
"$(HOSTCXX)" "$(CC)" || true
@echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: your gcc installation does not
support plugins, perhaps the necessary headers are missing?" >&2 && exit 1
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnel...@au1.ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
