Re: [PATCH 2/3] compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Gcc versions before 4.4 do not recognize the __optimize__ compiler
>>> attribute:

>
> And we might want to remove the dummy in include/linux/compiler_types.h:
>
> #ifndef __nostackprotector
> # define __nostackprotector
> #endif
>
> BTW, how does this work with non-gcc compilers?

clang should in theory accept the same flags, and it pretends to be an older
version of gcc.

I don't think anyone cares about ICC or any other compiler.

    Arnd