Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 5.9 merge window.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index 496d11c92c97..c264da2b9b30 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ cc-option = $(success,$(CC) -Werror $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(1) -S -x c /dev/null -o /de
 # Return y if the linker supports <flag>, n otherwise
 ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1))
 
+# $(as-option,<flag>)
+# /dev/zero is used as output instead of /dev/null as some assembler cribs when
+# both input and output are same. Also both of them have same write behaviour so
+# can be easily substituted.
+as-option = $(success, $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(1) -c -x assembler /dev/null -o /dev/zero)
+
 # $(as-instr,<instr>)
 # Return y if the assembler supports <instr>, n otherwise
 as-instr = $(success,printf "%b\n" "$(1)" | $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -c -x assembler -o /dev/null -)
@@ -42,9 +48,6 @@ $(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(LD)),linker '$(LD)' not found)
 # Fail if the linker is gold as it's not capable of linking the kernel proper
 $(error-if,$(success, $(LD) -v | grep -q gold), gold linker '$(LD)' not supported)
 
-# gcc version including patch level
-gcc-version := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
-
 # machine bit flags
 #  $(m32-flag): -m32 if the compiler supports it, or an empty string otherwise.
 #  $(m64-flag): -m64 if the compiler supports it, or an empty string otherwise.