Compiler lacks asm go-to support

valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
Mon May 7 16:39:53 EDT 2018


On Tue, 08 May 2018 01:11:51 +0530, Bhanusree Pola said:

> I have cloned kernel from
> git clone -b staging-testing git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging
> while configuring the following error is shown
>
> arch/x86/Makefile:184: *** Compiler lacks asm-goto support..  Stop.

You're using an ancient gcc (older than gcc 4.5) or some other compiler that
doesn't support goto a C label inside an asm() statement.
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