On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:19:18AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote: > void __head startup_64_setup_env(unsigned long physbase) > { > + u64 gs_area = (u64)fixup_pointer(startup_gs_area, physbase); > + This breaks as soon as the compiler decides that startup_64_setup_env() needs stack protection too. And the startup_gs_area is also not needed, there is initial_gs for that. What you need is something along these lines (untested): diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index d8b3ebd2bb85..3c7c59bc9903 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(startup_64) leaq (__end_init_task - FRAME_SIZE)(%rip), %rsp leaq _text(%rip), %rdi + + movl $MSR_GS_BASE, %ecx + movq initial_gs(%rip), %rax + movq $_text, %rdx + subq %rdx, %rax + addq %rdi, %rax + movq %rax, %rdx + shrq $32, %rdx + wrmsr + pushq %rsi call startup_64_setup_env popq %rsi It loads the initial_gs pointer, applies the fixup on it and loads it into MSR_GS_BASE.