@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ config PPC
select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
- select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
+ select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS if GCC_VERSION >= 50200 # plugin support on gcc <= 5.1 is buggy on PPC
select HAVE_GENERIC_GUP
select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if PERF_EVENTS && (PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_8xx)
select HAVE_IDE
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ gcc-plugins-check: FORCE
ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
ifeq ($(PLUGINCC),)
ifneq ($(GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS),)
- # Various gccs between 4.5 and 5.1 have bugs on powerpc due to missing
- # header files. gcc <= 4.6 doesn't work at all, gccs from 4.8 to 5.1 have
- # issues with 64-bit targets.
- ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
- ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -le, 0501, y), y)
- @echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: plugin support on gcc <= 5.1 is buggy on powerpc, please upgrade to gcc 5.2 or newer" >&2 && exit 1
- endif
- endif
ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 0405, y), y)
$(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh --show-error "$(__PLUGINCC)" "$(HOSTCXX)" "$(CC)" || true
@echo "Cannot use CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS: your gcc installation does not support plugins, perhaps the necessary headers are missing?" >&2 && exit 1