This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc: remove checks for binutils older than 2.25
to the 5.15-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:
powerpc-remove-checks-for-binutils-older-than-2.25.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit c2a8fb35f95d768f1fd880c6d534bbb24338687e
Author: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 19 17:22:50 2023 +0900
powerpc: remove checks for binutils older than 2.25
[ Upstream commit 54a11654de163994e32b24e3aa90ef81f4a3184d ]
Commit e4412739472b ("Documentation: raise minimum supported version of
binutils to 2.25") allows us to remove the checks for old binutils.
There is no more user for ld-ifversion. Remove it as well.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230119082250.151485-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx
Stable-dep-of: 1b1e38002648 ("powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 41604a37b385..11a0ccb47be3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -44,18 +44,13 @@ machine-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += 64
machine-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN) += le
UTS_MACHINE := $(subst $(space),,$(machine-y))
-# XXX This needs to be before we override LD below
-ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
-else
-ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -ge, 22500, y),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64)$(CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD),yy)
# Have the linker provide sfpr if possible.
# There is a corresponding test in arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += --save-restore-funcs
else
KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
endif
-endif
ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mlittle-endian
@@ -434,17 +429,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_PPC32
endif # CONFIG_SMP
PHONY += checkbin
-# Check toolchain versions:
-# - gcc-4.6 is the minimum kernel-wide version so nothing required.
checkbin:
- @if test "x${CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD}" != "xy" -a \
- "x$(call ld-ifversion, -le, 22400, y)" = "xy" ; then \
- echo -n '*** binutils 2.24 miscompiles weak symbols ' ; \
- echo 'in some circumstances.' ; \
- echo '*** binutils 2.23 do not define the TOC symbol ' ; \
- echo -n '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
- false ; \
- fi
@if test "x${CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT}" = "xy" -a \
"x${CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD}" = "xy" -a \
"${CONFIG_LD_VERSION}" = "23700" ; then \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 54be64203b2a..cb8a66743a02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION) += error-inject.o
# 64-bit linker creates .sfpr on demand for final link (vmlinux),
# so it is only needed for modules, and only for older linkers which
# do not support --save-restore-funcs
-ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 22500, y),y)
+ifndef CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD
extra-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += crtsavres.o
endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.compiler b/scripts/Makefile.compiler
index 86ecd2ac874c..60ddd47bfa1b 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.compiler
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.compiler
@@ -68,7 +68,3 @@ cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION)0 $(1) $(2)000 ] && echo $(3) || e
# ld-option
# Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y)
ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
-
-# ld-ifversion
-# Usage: $(call ld-ifversion, -ge, 22252, y)
-ld-ifversion = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_LD_VERSION)0 $(1) $(2)0 ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4))
