On 2015-04-15 21:45, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com> > > gcc recently switched to a new version number scheme, where every version > gets a new major version number. The current version is 5.x, the next 6.x, > etc. > > The gcc git repository trunk branch just switched to report 6.x for the next > major release. > > This breaks the way Linux selects compiler-gccX.h based on the major > version. Every new version would require adding a new compiler-gccX.h file, > which wouldn't really scale. > > Let's assume that future gccs are fairly compatible (they are unlikely > to break anything Linux is relying on). So we can just keep using > compiler-gcc5.h, and select any specific differences with #if.
Good idea. With the new scheme, we could also merge back compiler-gcc5.h and compiler-gcc4.h. The only difference is the KASAN_ABI_VERSION define. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
