The patch titled Subject: makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2 has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2 special-case gcc-4.4.4 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAGXu5jLg69y3ic7MbzUqb=SM+miqy2KYxBkrYdx9mq_N+aUicA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN Makefile~makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2 Makefile --- a/Makefile~makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2 +++ a/Makefile @@ -1107,8 +1107,16 @@ endif # Make sure compiler does not have buggy stack-protector support. ifdef stackp-check ifneq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(stackp-check) $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(biarch)),y) + # The stack-protector is known-broken on gcc 4.4. In AUTO mode, this + # can just be a warning. Any breakage in other compilers should still + # abort the build, as that would be unexpected. + ifeq ($(call cc-ifversion, -eq, 0404,$(stackp-name)),AUTO) + @echo CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \ + $(stackp-flag) available but compiler is broken >&2 + else @echo Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \ $(stackp-flag) available but compiler is broken >&2 && exit 1 + endif endif endif @: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are sh-boot-add-static-stack-protector-to-pre-kernel.patch makefile-move-stackprotector-availability-out-of-kconfig.patch makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto.patch makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix.patch makefile-introduce-config_cc_stackprotector_auto-fix-2.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html