[PATCH] kbuild: Disallow GCC 4.1.0 / 4.1.1

[Ingo Molnar]

* David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:22:53 -0800 (PST)
> 
> > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > 
> > > Adrian claimed that it was gcc-4.1.0 and 4.1.1 only.  He proposed
> > > banning them: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/5/444
> > 
> > If it really is just those releases, then yes, considering the number 
> > of cases we apparently have, and considering how ugly it is in some 
> > cases to move the weak function anywhere else, maybe banning those 
> > versions is the proper thing to do.
> > 
> > It probably won't hurt very many people - yeah, some people will be 
> > forced to upgrade, but I have this memory of early 4.1 having had 
> > other bugs anyway, so it's probably a good idea.
> 
> I think this is probably the best way to handle this.

okay - to move this matter from the discussion-space to the 
solution-space, how about the patch below? (tested on x86 with a 
non-affected compiler version.)

	Ingo

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