RE: [PATCH v5 0/2] Remove false-positive VLAs when using max()

[David Laight]

From: linus971@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linus971@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linus Torvalds
> Sent: 18 March 2018 23:36
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> 
> Yeah, and since we're in the situation that *new* gcc versions work
> for us anyway, and we only have issues with older gcc's (that sadly
> people still use), even if there was a new cool feature we couldn't
> use it.

Is it necessary to have the full checks for old versions of gcc?

Even -Wvla could be predicated on very recent gcc - since we aren't
worried about whether gcc decides to generate a vla, but whether
the source requests one.

	David