Re: [patch core/stackprotector] stackprotector: Fix build when compilerlacks support

[Arjan van de Ven]

On 12/30/2013 1:37 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
> 8779657d29c0 ("stackprotector: Introduce CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG")
> causes the build to break when the compiler doesn't support
> -fstack-protector-strong:
>
> 	cc1: error: unrecognized command line option â-fstack-protector-strongâ
> 	cc1: error: unrecognized command line option â-fstack-protector-strongâ
>
> with at least gcc 4.6.3.
>
> Instead of breaking the build, just warn of the failure and disable the
> feature.

ideally it also falls back to the less strict one, rather than not using stack protector at all...


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