[PATCH 21/23] gcc-plugins: move GCC version check for PowerPC to Kconfig

[Masahiro Yamada]

For PowerPC, GCC 5.2 is the requirement for GCC plugins.  Move the
version check to Kconfig, and remove the ugly checker.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro at socionext.com>
---

 arch/powerpc/Kconfig         | 2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins | 8 --------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 73ce5dd..b8474c2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -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
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_GUP
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT		if PERF_EVENTS && (PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_8xx)
 	select HAVE_IDE
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
index b0f9108..25da4c0 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ 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
       $(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-plugin.sh --show-error $(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
     endif
-- 
2.7.4