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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-03 1:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ 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 22:08 ` 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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