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Joe Perches cafa0010cd Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6
Various architectures fail to build properly with older versions of the
gcc compiler.

An example from Guenter Roeck in thread [1]:
>
>   In file included from ./include/linux/mm.h:17:0,
>                    from ./include/linux/pid_namespace.h:7,
>                    from ./include/linux/ptrace.h:10,
>                    from arch/openrisc/kernel/asm-offsets.c:32:
>   ./include/linux/mm_types.h:497:16: error: flexible array member in otherwise empty struct
>
> This is just an example with gcc 4.5.1 for or32. I have seen the problem
> with gcc 4.4 (for unicore32) as well.

So update the minimum required version of gcc to 4.6.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180814170904.GA12768@roeck-us.net/

Miscellanea:

 - Update Documentation/process/changes.rst

 - Remove and consolidate version test blocks in compiler-gcc.h for
   versions lower than 4.6

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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arch ia64: Fix kernel BUG at lib/ioremap.c:72! 2018-08-20 12:22:48 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.