From: Samuel Rowberry <sprowdev@gmail.com>
To: masahiroy@kernel.org
Cc: nathan@kernel.org, nicolas@fjasle.eu,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Samuel Rowberry <sprowdev@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] kbuild: add GCC stability warning
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:21:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260329192139.475926-1-sprowdev@gmail.com> (raw)
Newer GCC versions are not fully compatible with the code.
Adding a warning lets users know without getting in the way
of setups where it is okay to use GCC 15 (or is needed.)
Signed-off-by: Samuel Rowberry <sprowdev@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Fixed line wrapping in commit desc
Makefile | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02902bcae..361b5a509 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -720,6 +720,19 @@ endif
export KBUILD_MODULES KBUILD_BUILTIN
+# Version check on demand because configs can get stale
+# This check is GCC-only because that is standard
+# and if someone is using a custom setup, then it is
+# assumed that their setup works.
+ifeq ($(KBUILD_BUILTIN)$(KBUILD_MODULES),11)
+ifneq ($(findstring GCC,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),)
+CURRENT_CC_VERSION := $(shell $(CC) -dumpversion | cut -d. -f1)
+ifeq ($(shell expr $(CURRENT_CC_VERSION) \>= 15),1)
+$(warning "GCC $(CURRENT_CC_VERSION) detected. Please use GCC 11, 12, or 13 for stability.")
+endif
+endif
+endif
+
ifdef need-config
include include/config/auto.conf
endif
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-29 19:21 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-29 19:21 Samuel Rowberry [this message]
2026-03-29 19:44 ` [PATCH v2] kbuild: add GCC stability warning Nicolas Schier
2026-03-30 5:43 ` Nathan Chancellor
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