Re: Could the fix for broken gcc-plugins with gcc-11 be backported to 5.10?

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On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 01:59:31PM +0100, Thomas Lindroth wrote:
> Build support for gcc-plugins are not detected with gcc-11 in lts kernels.
> Gentoo and Arch apply their own patch to fix the problem in their distribution
> kernels but I would prefer if a proper fix was applied upstream.
> 
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/814200 a gentoo report with the relevant info.
> 
> I've searched for any upstream discussions about the problem but I've only found
> one message saying the backport needs an additional fix. That was almost a year
> ago. https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg438000.html

We can not take a patch in a stable kernel release unless it is already
in Linus's tree.  Please work to get a patch accepted there first,
before worrying about older kernel versions.

thanks,

greg k-h



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