4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 39208aa7ecb7d9c4e86df782b5693270313cbab1 ] With the section inlining bug fixed for the x86 refcount protection, we can turn the config back on. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Elena <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1504382986-49301-3-git-send-email-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config X86 select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64 select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64 # Causing hangs/crashes, see the commit that added this change for details. - select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT if BROKEN + select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64 select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN