Re: [PATCH -tip 1/2] Kconfig: Bump required compiler version of KASAN and UBSAN

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 11:57:15AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:44 AM 'Marco Elver' via Clang Built Linux
> <clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Adds config variable CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE, which will be true if we
> > have a compiler that does not fail builds due to no_sanitize functions.
> > This does not yet mean they work as intended, but for automated
> > build-tests, this is the minimum requirement.
> >
> > For example, we require that __always_inline functions used from
> > no_sanitize functions do not generate instrumentation. On GCC <= 7 this
> > fails to build entirely, therefore we make the minimum version GCC 8.
> >
> > For KCSAN this is a non-functional change, however, we should add it in
> > case this variable changes in future.
> >
> > Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200602175859.GC2604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Is this a problem only for x86?  If so, that's quite a jump in minimal
> compiler versions for a feature that I don't think is currently
> problematic for other architectures?  (Based on
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200529171104.GD706518@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> )

Currently x86 only, but I know other arch maintainers are planning to
have a hard look at their code based on our findings.