[tip:core/objtool] objtool: Enable stack metadata validation on 64-bit x86

From: tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Mon Feb 29 2016 - 06:04:03 EST


Commit-ID: d4883d5d6b146fd65f762c462b2c6d4a327c7d50
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/d4883d5d6b146fd65f762c462b2c6d4a327c7d50
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:22:43 -0600
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 08:35:13 +0100

objtool: Enable stack metadata validation on 64-bit x86

Set HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION to enable stack metadata validation for
x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Pedro Alves <palves@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: live-patching@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cdaeb6914d00a070c0f455cd06989bf3f787a2f6.1456719558.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index c46662f..adc5a6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ config X86
select VIRT_TO_BUS
select X86_DEV_DMA_OPS if X86_64
select X86_FEATURE_NAMES if PROC_FS
+ select HAVE_STACK_VALIDATION if X86_64

config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool y