From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757890AbYDUPGl (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754070AbYDUPGb (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:31 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:36991 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753553AbYDUPGa (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:06:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:06:04 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Reuben Farrelly Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: StackProtector Oopses - Re: 2.6.25-mm1 Message-ID: <20080421150604.GH5474@elte.hu> References: <20080418014757.52fb4a4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <48089BDE.6040100@reub.net> <20080418133645.GF31797@elte.hu> <4808B4EF.8030901@reub.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4808B4EF.8030901@reub.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -0.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-0.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -0.5 BAYES_20 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 5 to 20% [score: 0.0711] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Reuben Farrelly wrote: >> hm, does it boot up fine with the attached patch and stackprotector >> enabled? It appears that your system got to the self-test so >> stackprotector is working mostly - it's just that the self-test went >> wrong. > > It boots up fine with that patch below and: > > tornado boot # grep STACKPROTECT /boot/config-2.6.25-mm1-wip > CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL=y > CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y > > In fact I'm running with it applied right now and it all seems good so > far, so I guess that's confirmation that it is just the test itself > which is problematic? yeah. Arjan - any new patches to try that might fix the bootup test? Ingo