This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86-64, build: Always pass in -mno-sse to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86-64-build-always-pass-in-mno-sse.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 5551a34e5aeab868f8d37f70d8754868921b4ee5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:31:49 -0800 Subject: x86-64, build: Always pass in -mno-sse From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5551a34e5aeab868f8d37f70d8754868921b4ee5 upstream. Always pass in the -mno-sse argument, regardless if -preferred-stack-boundary is supported. We never want to generate SSE instructions in the kernel unless we *really* know what we're doing. According to H. J. Lu, any version of gcc new enough that we support it at all should handle the -mno-sse option, so just add it unconditionally. Reported-by: Kevin B. Smith <kevin.b.smith@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-j21wzqv790q834n7yc6g80j1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/Makefile | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y) KBUILD_CFLAGS += -msoft-float -mregparm=3 -freg-struct-return + # Don't autogenerate SSE instructions + KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-sse + # Never want PIC in a 32-bit kernel, prevent breakage with GCC built # with nonstandard options KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-pic @@ -57,8 +60,11 @@ else KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m64 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m64 + # Don't autogenerate SSE instructions + KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mno-sse + # Use -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 if supported. - KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-sse -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3) + KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=3) # FIXME - should be integrated in Makefile.cpu (Makefile_32.cpu) cflags-$(CONFIG_MK8) += $(call cc-option,-march=k8) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/x86-64-build-always-pass-in-mno-sse.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html