Re: [patch 2/5] Add the Kconfig option for the stackprotector feature

Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-28T16:27:41Z

On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 09:24 -0700, Daniel Walker wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 18:03 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > ---
> > arch/x86_64/Kconfig | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
>
> Could this be supported on more than just x86_64, it seems fairly
> generic ?

I won't rule anything out, but for some it'll be impossible (such as
i386). It'll depend on the exact architecture I suppose.. for x86_64 a
gcc patch was needed (which took MONTHS to get in), I don't know how ppc
and such deal with this, I'll be talking to the respective maintainers
about this in the near future.... but I would not call it "fairly
generic".