linux/scripts/gcc-plugins
Kees Cook 8bd51a2ba3 gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule
GCC plugins should only exist when some compiler feature needs to be
proven but does not exist in either GCC nor Clang. For example, if a
desired feature is already in Clang, it should be added to GCC upstream.
Document this explicitly.

Additionally, mark the plugins with matching upstream GCC features as
removable past their respective GCC versions.

Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211020173554.38122-2-keescook@chromium.org
2021-10-21 08:41:38 -07:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: prefix local generated files with a slash 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
arm_ssp_per_task_plugin.c gcc-plugins: arm_ssp_per_task_plugin: Fix for older GCC < 6 2019-05-10 15:35:01 -07:00
cyc_complexity_plugin.c gcc-plugins: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones 2020-07-13 09:29:09 -07:00
gcc-common.h gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00
gcc-generate-gimple-pass.h gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00
gcc-generate-ipa-pass.h gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00
gcc-generate-rtl-pass.h gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00
gcc-generate-simple_ipa-pass.h gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00
gen-random-seed.sh scripts: make some scripts executable 2021-08-10 09:13:25 +09:00
Kconfig gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule 2021-10-21 08:41:38 -07:00
latent_entropy_plugin.c gcc-plugins: latent_entropy: remove unneeded semicolon 2021-03-01 19:19:50 -08:00
Makefile kbuild: rebuild GCC plugins when the compiler is upgraded 2021-03-11 14:40:50 +09:00
randomize_layout_plugin.c gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9 2020-12-04 14:09:41 -08:00
sancov_plugin.c gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9 2020-12-04 14:09:41 -08:00
stackleak_plugin.c gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9 2020-12-04 14:09:41 -08:00
structleak_plugin.c gcc-plugins: remove support for GCC 4.9 and older 2021-10-04 10:58:08 -07:00