On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 12:39:44PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:54:20 -0500
> Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Using GCC_VERSION reduces complexity, is easier to read and is GCC's
> > recommended mechanism for doing version checks. (Just don't ask me why
> > they didn't define it in the first place.) This also makes it easy to
> > merge compiler-gcc{3,4}.h should somebody want to.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Santos <daniel.santos@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h | 8 ++++----
> > include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h | 14 +++++++-------
> > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
> > index 37d4124..7d89feb 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc3.h
> > @@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
> > #error "Please don't include <linux/compiler-gcc3.h> directly, include <linux/compiler.h> instead."
> > #endif
> >
> > -#if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2
> > +#if GCC_VERSION < 30200
> > # error Sorry, your compiler is too old - please upgrade it.
> > #endif
> >
> > -#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3
> > +#if GCC_VERSION >= 30300
> > # define __used __attribute__((__used__))
> > #else
> > # define __used __attribute__((__unused__))
> > #endif
> >
> > -#if __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 4
> > +#if GCC_VERSION >= 30400
> > #define __must_check __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
> > #endif
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL
> > -# if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
> > +# if GCC_VERSION < 30400
> > # error "GCOV profiling support for gcc versions below 3.4 not included"
> > # endif /* __GNUC_MINOR__ */
> > #endif /* CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL */
> > diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
> > index 4506d65..b44307d 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h
> > @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
> >
> > /* GCC 4.1.[01] miscompiles __weak */
> > #ifdef __KERNEL__
> > -# if __GNUC_MINOR__ == 1 && __GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__ <= 1
> > +# if GCC_VERSION >= 40100 && GCC_VERSION <= 40101
> > //# error Your version of gcc miscompiles the __weak directive
> > # endif
> > #endif
> > @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
> > #define __must_check __attribute__((warn_unused_result))
> > #define __compiler_offsetof(a,b) __builtin_offsetof(a,b)
> >
> > -#if __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0
> > +#if GCC_VERSION >= 40102
>
> Is this correct (and clear)? I'd expect
>
> #if GCC_VERSION > 40000
GCC_VERSION >= 40100, actually; __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0 implies
__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1, whereas the version you wrote would accept 4.0.1.
- Josh Triplett
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