From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933590AbcIVKry (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:47:54 -0400 Received: from hr2.samba.org ([144.76.82.148]:32724 "EHLO hr2.samba.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753122AbcIVKrw (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:47:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:47:21 +1000 From: Anton Blanchard To: Michael Ellerman Cc: Akshay Adiga , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Work around for enabling CONFIG_CMDLINE on ppc64le Message-ID: <20160922204721.1447f2d5@kryten> In-Reply-To: <87d1jw8cba.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> References: <1474525245-10739-1-git-send-email-akshay.adiga@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <87d1jw8cba.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, > But I can't merge that patch. > > Our options are one or both of: > - get GCC fixed and backport the fix to the compilers we care about. > - blacklist the broken compiler versions. > > Is there a GCC bug filed for this? Likely: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71709 We need confirmation this patch fixes the 6.x issue too and that we need a backport. Anton