Re: [PATCH 4.14 114/165] x86/vdso: Fix vDSO build if a retpoline is emitted

From: Nikola Ciprich
Date: Tue Oct 02 2018 - 07:48:20 EST


RHEL / centos 6:

gcc-4.4.7

will check newer kernels too..

thanks

n.

On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:46:14AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 10:06:55AM +0200, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> > Hi Greg and others,
> >
> > sorry for reporting this so late, but still...
> >
> > this breaks build on older compilers, since it requires
> > -mindirect-branch=thunk-inline -mindirect-branch-register even though
> > retpoline support is disabled in kernel config.. is this expected?
>
> What exact "older compilers" break here?
>
> And does the same breakage happen in 4.18.6 or 4.19-rc?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

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