On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:28 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 1:25 PM Nick Desaulniers > <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > + gbiv who wrote this cool paste (showing alternatives to > > _Static_assert, which is supported by both compilers in -std=gnu89, > > but not until gcc 4.6): https://godbolt.org/g/DuLsxu > > > > I can't help but think that BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG should use > > _Static_assert, then have fallbacks for gcc < 4.6. > > Well, it turns out that we effectively stopped supporting gcc < 4.6 > during this merge window for other reasons, so.. For the whole kernel (or just a particular arch)? Which commit? Do we keep track of minimal versions somewhere? Documentation/process/changes.rst mentions gcc 3.2 (eek), but I assume there's a compiler version check somewhere (if you're using gcc and it's version is less than X, abort. Ditto for clang.) -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
