Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector

From: Marco Elver
Date: Wed Jul 01 2020 - 02:02:04 EST


On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 03:59AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Some Makefiles already pass -fno-stack-protector unconditionally.
> For example, arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile, arch/x86/xen/Makefile.
> No problem report so far about hard-coding this option. So, we can
> assume all supported compilers know -fno-stack-protector.
>
> GCC 4.8 and Clang support this option (https://godbolt.org/z/_HDGzN)
>
> Get rid of cc-option from -fno-stack-protector.
>
> Remove CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE, which should always be 'y'.
>
> Note:
> arch/mips/vdso/Makefile adds -fno-stack-protector twice, first
> unconditionally, and second conditionally. I removed the second one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst | 4 ++--
> Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/Kconfig | 3 ---
> arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/mips/vdso/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile | 4 ++--
> arch/um/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile | 4 ++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/x86/lib/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/mm/Makefile | 7 +++----
> arch/x86/power/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/xen/Makefile | 5 ++---
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/xen/Makefile | 3 +--
> kernel/kcsan/Makefile | 3 +--

Is it possible that this patch drops the KCSAN portion? We have a patch
that is part of a series intended for 5.9 that also removes the
cc-option from -fno-stack-protector, but can't easily be dropped from
the surrounding series.

Please see: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200624190236.GA6603@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72

Thanks,
-- Marco