On Thu, 2021-01-14 at 13:18 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:52 AM Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> wrote: > > > > Given the upgrade requirement, and how clang version requirements > > constantly change, how much more difficult would it be for others > > to use gcc 7.1 or higher now instead of later? > > What was the argument for jumping all the way to gcc-7.1? > > I do think we want to have real reasons we can point to, rather than a > "just because".
KASAN v5 instead of all the old versions gcc 7.1 supports fallthrough. Probably more, but those might be sufficient.
