On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:13:36AM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote: > Sorry for not reporting this sooner; been out sick all week with COVID. > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 8:46 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit ffcf9c5700e49c0aee42dcba9a12ba21338e8136 upstream. > > > > <snip> > > > --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile > > +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile > > @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -pie $(call ld-option > > ifdef CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN > > LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --orphan-handling=warn > > endif > > +LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -z noexecstack > > +ifeq ($(CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD),y) > > 5.10.y is missing CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD. Specifically > > commit 02aff8592204 ("kbuild: check the minimum linker version in Kconfig") > which first landed in v5.12-rc1. I'd recommend simply dropping the > `ifeq` guards; the ld-option guard will still work. Otherwise GNU BFD > 2.39 users will observe linker warnings related to rwx-segments. > > Greg, do you mind dropping this patch and I'll supply a v2, or is it > too late and I should send a patch on top? I've fixed it up now, thanks! greg k-h