arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/boot: Compile boot code with -std=gnu11 too
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-boot-compile-boot-code-with-std-gnu11-too.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.
From matttbe@kernel.org Sat Oct 18 01:53:53 2025
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:53:25 +0200
Subject: x86/boot: Compile boot code with -std=gnu11 too
To: stable@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: MPTCP Upstream <mptcp@lists.linux.dev>, "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@kernel.org>, Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin (Intel)" <hpa@zytor.com>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Message-ID: <20251017-v5-10-gcc-15-v1-1-cdbbfe1a2100@kernel.org>
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
commit b3bee1e7c3f2b1b77182302c7b2131c804175870 upstream.
Use -std=gnu11 for consistency with main kernel code.
It doesn't seem to change anything in vmlinux.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@zytor.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2058761e-12a4-4b2f-9690-3c3c1c9902a5@p183
[ This kernel version doesn't build with GCC 15:
In file included from include/uapi/linux/posix_types.h:5,
from include/uapi/linux/types.h:14,
from include/linux/types.h:6,
from arch/x86/realmode/rm/wakeup.h:11,
from arch/x86/realmode/rm/wakemain.c:2:
include/linux/stddef.h:11:9: error: cannot use keyword 'false' as enumeration constant
11 | false = 0,
| ^~~~~
include/linux/stddef.h:11:9: note: 'false' is a keyword with '-std=c23' onwards
include/linux/types.h:30:33: error: 'bool' cannot be defined via 'typedef'
30 | typedef _Bool bool;
| ^~~~
include/linux/types.h:30:33: note: 'bool' is a keyword with '-std=c23' onwards
include/linux/types.h:30:1: warning: useless type name in empty declaration
30 | typedef _Bool bool;
| ^~~~~~~
The fix is similar to commit ee2ab467bddf ("x86/boot: Use '-std=gnu11'
to fix build with GCC 15") which has been backported to this kernel.
Note: In < 5.18 version, -std=gnu89 is used instead of -std=gnu11, see
commit e8c07082a810 ("Kbuild: move to -std=gnu11"). I suggest not to
modify that in this commit here as all the other similar fixes to
support GCC 15 set -std=gnu11. This can be done in a dedicated commit
if needed.
There was a conflict, because commit 2838307b019d ("x86/build: Remove
-m16 workaround for unsupported versions of GCC") is not in this
version and change code in the context. -std=gnu11 can still be added
at the same place. ]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif
CODE16GCC_CFLAGS := -m32 -Wa,$(srctree)/arch/x86/boot/code16gcc.h
M16_CFLAGS := $(call cc-option, -m16, $(CODE16GCC_CFLAGS))
-REALMODE_CFLAGS := $(M16_CFLAGS) -g -Os -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS \
+REALMODE_CFLAGS := -std=gnu11 $(M16_CFLAGS) -g -Os -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS \
-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -march=i386 -mregparm=3 \
-fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-pic \
-mno-mmx -mno-sse $(call cc-option,-fcf-protection=none)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from matttbe@kernel.org are
queue-5.10/arch-back-to-std-gnu89-in-v5.18.patch
queue-5.10/x86-boot-compile-boot-code-with-std-gnu11-too.patch
queue-5.10/tracing-fix-declaration-after-statement-warning.patch
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