This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ARM: crypto: comment out gcc warning that breaks clang builds
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
arm-crypto-comment-out-gcc-warning-that-breaks-clang.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 8c4def254cbe07030f328911c9242fd4971a5955
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun Jul 31 12:05:51 2022 +0200
ARM: crypto: comment out gcc warning that breaks clang builds
The gcc build warning prevents all clang-built kernels from working
properly, so comment it out to fix the build.
This is a -stable kernel only patch for now, it will be resolved
differently in mainline releases in the future.
Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Justin M. Forbes" <jforbes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c b/arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c
index c691b901092f..b4feebc385bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/xor-neon.c
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
* While older versions of GCC do not generate incorrect code, they fail to
* recognize the parallel nature of these functions, and emit plain ARM code,
* which is known to be slower than the optimized ARM code in asm-arm/xor.h.
+ *
+ * #warning This code requires at least version 4.6 of GCC
*/
-#warning This code requires at least version 4.6 of GCC
#endif
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-variable"
