In order to make stack-protector failures warn instead of unconditionally breaking the build, this moves the compiler output sanity-check earlier, and sets a flag for later testing. Future patches can choose to warn or fail, depending on the flag value. Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index cf007a31d575..caa3f7e6f524 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -692,6 +692,12 @@ endif ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR stackp-path := $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-$(SRCARCH)_$(BITS)-has-stack-protector.sh stackp-check := $(wildcard $(stackp-path)) + # If the wildcard test matches a test script, run it to check functionality. + ifdef stackp-check + ifneq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(stackp-check) $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(biarch)),y) + stackp-broken := y + endif + endif endif KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag) @@ -1087,11 +1093,9 @@ ifdef stackp-name endif endif # Make sure compiler does not have buggy stack-protector support. -ifdef stackp-check - ifneq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(stackp-check) $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(biarch)),y) +ifdef stackp-broken @echo Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \ $(stackp-flag) available but compiler is broken >&2 && exit 1 - endif endif @: -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html