The following commit has been merged into the timers/vdso branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     0f63c3fbdc06eeac48eb6beb437270722a5aa50e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/0f63c3fbdc06eeac48eb6beb437270722a5aa50e
Author:        Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 21 May 2026 08:53:22 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
CommitterDate: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:22:46 +02:00

MIPS: VDSO: Gate microMIPS restriction on GCC version

As explained in the comment, the problematic GOT references are only
emitted by old versions of GCC.

Limit the restriction to those compilers.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521-vdso-mips-kconfig-v1-8-2f79dcd6c78f@linutronix.de
---
 arch/mips/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 6463b0b..ccc66e3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -3174,7 +3174,7 @@ config MIPS_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	# GCC (at least up to version 9.2) appears to emit function calls that make use
 	# of the GOT when targeting microMIPS, which we can't use in the VDSO due to
 	# the lack of relocations. As such, we disable the VDSO for microMIPS builds.
-	depends on !CPU_MICROMIPS
+	depends on !(CPU_MICROMIPS && CC_IS_GCC && GCC_VERSION < 90300)
 
 menu "CPU Power Management"