kbuild: require gcc-8 and binutils-2.30

Commit a3e8fe8 ("x86/build: Raise the minimum GCC version to 8.1")
raised the minimum compiler version as enforced by Kbuild to gcc-8.1
and clang-15 for x86.

This is actually the same gcc version that has been discussed as the
minimum for all architectures several times in the past, with little
objection. A previous concern was the kernel for SLE15-SP7 needing to
be built with gcc-7. As this ended up still using linux-6.4 and there
is no plan for an SP8, this is no longer a problem.

Change it for all architectures and adjust the documentation accordingly.
A few version checks can be removed in the process.  The binutils
version 2.30 is the lowest version used in combination with gcc-8 on
common distros, so use that as the corresponding minimum.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240925150059.3955569-32-ardb+git@google.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/871q7yxrgv.wl-tiwai@suse.de/
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Author: arndb

Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Configuring the kernel
 Compiling the kernel
 --------------------
 
- - Make sure you have at least gcc 5.1 available.
+ - Make sure you have at least gcc 8.1 available.
    For more information, refer to :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>`.
 
  - Do a ``make`` to create a compressed kernel image. It is also possible to do

Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst

@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ gcc-min-version
 
   Example::
 
-    cflags-$(call gcc-min-version, 70100) := -foo
+    cflags-$(call gcc-min-version, 110100) := -foo
 
   In this example, cflags-y will be assigned the value -foo if $(CC) is gcc and
-  $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION) is >= 7.1.
+  $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION) is >= 11.1.
 
 clang-min-version
   clang-min-version tests if the value of $(CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION) is greater

Documentation/process/changes.rst

@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
         Program        Minimal version       Command to check the version
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
-GNU C                  5.1              gcc --version
+GNU C                  8.1              gcc --version
 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.1           clang --version
 Rust (optional)        1.78.0           rustc --version
 bindgen (optional)     0.65.1           bindgen --version
 GNU make               4.0              make --version
 bash                   4.2              bash --version
-binutils               2.25             ld -v
+binutils               2.30             ld -v
 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 bison                  2.0              bison --version
 pahole                 1.16             pahole --version

Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst

@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ PC Card, per esempio, probabilmente non dovreste preoccuparvi di pcmciautils.
 ====================== =================  ========================================
         Programma       Versione minima       Comando per verificare la versione
 ====================== =================  ========================================
-GNU C                  5.1                gcc --version
+GNU C                  8.1                gcc --version
 Clang/LLVM (optional)  13.0.0             clang --version
 Rust (opzionale)       1.78.0             rustc --version
 bindgen (opzionale)    0.65.1             bindgen --version
 GNU make               4.0                make --version
 bash                   4.2                bash --version
-binutils               2.25               ld -v
+binutils               2.30               ld -v
 flex                   2.5.35             flex --version
 bison                  2.0                bison --version
 pahole                 1.16               pahole --version

Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/README.rst

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Linux内核6.x版本 <http://kernel.org/>
 编译内核
 ---------
 
- - 确保您至少有gcc 5.1可用。
+ - 确保您至少有gcc 8.1可用。
    有关更多信息，请参阅 :ref:`Documentation/process/changes.rst <changes>` 。
 
  - 执行 ``make`` 来创建压缩内核映像。如果您安装了lilo以适配内核makefile，

arch/um/Makefile

@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ archprepare:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(HOST_DIR)/um include/generated/user_constants.h
 
 LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_STATIC) += -static
-ifdef CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN
-LINK-$(call gcc-min-version, 60100)$(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG) += -no-pie
-endif
+LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN) += -no-pie
 LINK-$(CONFIG_LD_SCRIPT_DYN_RPATH) += -Wl,-rpath,/lib
 
 CFLAGS_NO_HARDENING := $(call cc-option, -fno-PIC,) $(call cc-option, -fno-pic,) \

include/linux/unroll.h

@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
 #define __pick_unrolled(x, y)		_Pragma(#x)
-#elif CONFIG_GCC_VERSION >= 80000
-#define __pick_unrolled(x, y)		_Pragma(#y)
 #else
-#define __pick_unrolled(x, y)		/* not supported */
+#define __pick_unrolled(x, y)		_Pragma(#y)
 #endif
 
 /**

kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c

@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 #define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
 #elif (__GNUC__ >= 10)
 #define GCOV_COUNTERS			8
-#elif (__GNUC__ >= 7)
-#define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
-#elif (__GNUC__ > 5) || (__GNUC__ == 5 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
-#define GCOV_COUNTERS			10
 #else
 #define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
 #endif

lib/test_fortify/Makefile

@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ quiet_cmd_gen_fortify_log = CAT     $@
 $(obj)/test_fortify.log: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(logs)) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gen_fortify_log)
 
-# GCC<=7 does not always produce *.d files.
-# Run the tests only for GCC>=8 or Clang.
-always-$(call gcc-min-version, 80000) += test_fortify.log
-always-$(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG)          += test_fortify.log
+always-y += test_fortify.log
 
 # Some architectures define __NO_FORTIFY if __SANITIZE_ADDRESS__ is undefined.
 # Pass CFLAGS_KASAN to avoid warnings.

scripts/Makefile.compiler

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ cc-option-yn = $(if $(call cc-option,$1),y,n)
 cc-disable-warning = $(if $(call cc-option,-W$(strip $1)),-Wno-$(strip $1))
 
 # gcc-min-version
-# Usage: cflags-$(call gcc-min-version, 70100) += -foo
+# Usage: cflags-$(call gcc-min-version, 110100) += -foo
 gcc-min-version = $(call test-ge, $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION), $1)
 
 # clang-min-version