linux/Documentation/process
Nick Desaulniers 76ae847497 Documentation: raise minimum supported version of GCC to 5.1
commit fad7cd3310 ("nbd: add the check to prevent overflow in
__nbd_ioctl()") raised an issue from the fallback helpers added in
commit f0907827a8 ("compiler.h: enable builtin overflow checkers and
add fallback code")

Specifically, the helpers for checking whether the results of a
multiplication overflowed (__unsigned_mul_overflow,
__signed_add_overflow) use the division operator when
!COMPILER_HAS_GENERIC_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW.  This is problematic for 64b
operands on 32b hosts.

Also, because the macro is type agnostic, it is very difficult to write
a similarly type generic macro that dispatches to one of:
 * div64_s64
 * div64_u64
 * div_s64
 * div_u64

Raising the minimum supported versions allows us to remove all of the
fallback helpers for !COMPILER_HAS_GENERIC_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW, instead
dispatching the compiler builtins.

arm64 has already raised the minimum supported GCC version to 5.1, do
this for all targets now.  See the link below for the previous
discussion.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210909182525.372ee687@canb.auug.org.au/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNASs6dvU6D3jL2GG3jW58fXfaj6VNOe55NJnTB8UPuk2pA@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1438
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-09-13 10:18:28 -07:00
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1.Intro.rst doc:it_IT: add some process/* translations 2018-11-20 09:11:12 -07:00
2.Process.rst Documentation: process: step 2: Link to email list fixed. 2020-09-03 10:31:03 -06:00
3.Early-stage.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation 2020-06-08 09:30:19 -06:00
4.Coding.rst doc: use KCFLAGS instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS to pass flags from command line 2021-02-22 13:59:10 -07:00
5.Posting.rst docs: Clarify the usage and sign-off requirements for Co-developed-by 2019-03-25 10:30:32 -06:00
6.Followthrough.rst
7.AdvancedTopics.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation 2020-06-08 09:30:19 -06:00
8.Conclusion.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation 2020-06-08 09:30:19 -06:00
adding-syscalls.rst docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistent 2021-02-04 14:47:24 -07:00
applying-patches.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation 2020-06-08 09:30:19 -06:00
botching-up-ioctls.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/process 2020-06-26 11:19:43 -06:00
changes.rst Documentation: raise minimum supported version of GCC to 5.1 2021-09-13 10:18:28 -07:00
clang-format.rst Documentation: fix typos found in process, dev-tools, and doc-guide subdirectories 2020-12-03 15:55:04 -07:00
code-of-conduct-interpretation.rst Code of Conduct Interpretation: Put in the proper URL for the committee 2018-10-22 07:33:36 +01:00
code-of-conduct.rst Code of Conduct: Change the contact email address 2018-10-22 07:33:36 +01:00
coding-style.rst docs: Remove the Microsoft rhetoric 2021-02-11 09:42:17 -07:00
deprecated.rst deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers" 2021-07-25 14:30:55 -06:00
development-process.rst
email-clients.rst Documentation/process: expand plain-text advice 2020-09-03 15:39:01 -06:00
embargoed-hardware-issues.rst Documentation: fix typos found in process, dev-tools, and doc-guide subdirectories 2020-12-03 15:55:04 -07:00
howto.rst docs: process/howto.rst: make sections on bug reporting match practice 2021-01-18 12:29:38 -07:00
index.rst docs: process/index.rst: Fix reference to nonexistent document 2020-07-23 14:26:12 -06:00
kernel-docs.rst Documentation: fix typos in process/kernel-docs.rst 2020-12-03 15:54:17 -07:00
kernel-driver-statement.rst doc:it_IT: add some process/* translations 2018-11-20 09:11:12 -07:00
kernel-enforcement-statement.rst Documentation: drop optional BOMs 2021-05-10 15:17:34 -06:00
license-rules.rst LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
magic-number.rst tty: remove TTY_LDISC_MAGIC 2021-03-10 09:34:06 +01:00
maintainer-pgp-guide.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: Documentation/process 2020-06-26 11:19:43 -06:00
maintainers.rst doc-rst: Programmatically render MAINTAINERS into ReST 2019-10-02 10:03:17 -06:00
management-style.rst Documentation: management-style: Fix formatting of emphsized word 2020-03-10 11:32:34 -06:00
programming-language.rst docs: programming-languages: refresh blurb on clang support 2020-10-05 09:44:11 -06:00
stable-api-nonsense.rst doc: process: GPL -> GPL-compatible 2019-02-01 16:19:11 -07:00
stable-kernel-rules.rst docs: networking: drop special stable handling 2021-03-03 08:49:08 -08:00
submit-checklist.rst doc: use KCFLAGS instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS to pass flags from command line 2021-02-22 13:59:10 -07:00
submitting-drivers.rst Documentation: clarify driver licensing rules 2020-08-31 16:36:11 -06:00
submitting-patches.rst docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of LKML 2021-07-25 14:45:43 -06:00
volatile-considered-harmful.rst Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones: documentation 2020-06-08 09:30:19 -06:00