From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762839AbYBNGMo (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:12:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757218AbYBNGM0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:12:26 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:40462 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756972AbYBNGMY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:12:24 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:12:03 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Linus Torvalds , pageexec@freemail.hu, Arjan van de Ven , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: vmsplice exploits, stack protector and Makefiles Message-ID: <20080214061203.GA31327@elte.hu> References: <20080212090001.3fcc4ca0@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <47B30F05.29637.9A21F9B@pageexec.freemail.hu> <20080213160148.GA20241@elte.hu> <20080213171614.GA12259@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080213171614.GA12259@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > if you're merging this, please do the independent parts really > > > independenrly. For example, the above is a patch in its own right, > > > and probably worth doing regardless of anything else. > > > > yes. I wanted to have it tested for a bit, because the lack of use > > of the gcc flag means complete lack of testing coverage. The > > obligatory "please add a stackprotector self-test" debug feature > > request went to Arjan two days ago already. > > Do you think that the top-lvel Makefile change is OK to merge? I would > like to merge it separatly to have maximum bisectability. sure. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Ingo