[PATCH] [SUBMITTED 20170314] [v333kbuild: disable -ffunction-sections on gcc-4.7 with ftrace

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Mar 14 2017 - 17:37:46 EST


When ftrace is enabled and we build with gcc-4.7 or older, we
get a warning for each file on architectures that select
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION:

warning: -ffunction-sections disabled; it makes profiling impossible [enabled by default]

This turns off function sections in that specific case, leaving
it enabled for all other configurations.

Fixes: b67067f1176d ("kbuild: allow archs to select link dead code/data elimination")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.with.foss@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: accidentally resend the same patch as before
v3: send the exact same patch once more, without doing the change I wanted
v4: actually fixed version number in check as pointed out by Namhyung Kim (I hope)
---
Makefile | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e7e644a0b84..3a964fa3a787 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wextra
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address,)

ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -ge,0408,$(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,))
+else
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
+endif
KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
endif

--
2.9.0