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From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead•org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@outflux•net>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation•org, linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org,
	linux-next@vger•kernel.org, sfr@canb•auug.org.au, mhocko@suse•cz,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux•intel.com>
Subject: Re: mmotm 2014-07-02-15-07 uploaded (stack protector)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:42:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53B4B51D.2060508@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140703005719.GJ5412@outflux.net>

On 07/02/14 17:57, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi Randy,
> 
> And to explain more specifically what's happening:
> 
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 04:21:06PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> config-r8736:CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y
>> [...]
>> build-r8736.out:/local/lnx/MM/mmotm-2014-0702-1507/Makefile:662: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
>> build-r8736.out:/local/lnx/MM/mmotm-2014-0702-1507/Makefile:662: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
>> gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-fstack-protector-strong'
> 
> That makes sense: a feature that requires a specific compiler version was
> chosen, so you get a warning and a failed build. (The first warning was
> during the .config parsing pass, the second warning was during the binary
> build pass.)
> 
>> config-r8737:# CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG is not set
>> [...]
>> build-r8737.out:/local/lnx/MM/mmotm-2014-0702-1507/Makefile:662: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
> 
> This is the same issue: the prior .config was still there with STRONG set,
> but after finishing the new .config parsing pass, everything is happy for
> the binary build pass. And, I assume, the r8737 didn't fail to build.

True, r8737 built successfully.

Maybe I should use 'make mrproper' instead of 'make clean' between each randconfig
build.

Thanks.

> 
> The trouble seems to be how kbuild handle .config changes, but I was never
> able to sort it out.


-- 
~Randy

      reply	other threads:[~2014-07-03  1:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-02 22:08 mmotm 2014-07-02-15-07 uploaded akpm
2014-07-02 23:21 ` mmotm 2014-07-02-15-07 uploaded (stack protector) Randy Dunlap
2014-07-03  0:22   ` Andi Kleen
2014-07-03  0:37     ` Randy Dunlap
2014-07-03  0:51     ` Kees Cook
2014-07-03  0:56       ` Andrew Morton
2014-07-03  1:10         ` [PATCH] kbuild: explain stack-protector-strong CONFIG logic Kees Cook
2014-07-03  1:00       ` mmotm 2014-07-02-15-07 uploaded (stack protector) Andi Kleen
2014-07-03  1:13         ` Kees Cook
2014-07-03  0:57   ` Kees Cook
2014-07-03  1:42     ` Randy Dunlap [this message]

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