Re: [PATCH 2/3] compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gcc versions before 4.4 do not recognize the __optimize__ compiler
> attribute:
>
>     warning: â__optimize__â attribute directive ignored
>
> Fixes: 7375ae3a0b79ea07 ("compiler-gcc.h: Introduce __nostackprotector function attribute")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Can anyone please verify this?
> Apparently __nostackprotector is used on x86 only, which is usually
> served by modern compilers.

I've checked that __optimize("no-stack-protector") is accepted by exactly those
compilers that your 40400 version check tests for, across all architectures, so
that's fine.

However,  looking at commit 91cfc88c66bf ("x86: Use __nostackprotect for
sme_encrypt_kernel"), I suspect that gcc-4.1 through 4.3 will now cause
a runtime failure in sme_encrypt_kernel() without a compile-time warning.

I would leave __nostackprotector unchanged here, so we at least get
a warning for functions that need to disable the stack protector to work
correctly.

We might want to add an #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR around
the __nostackprotector definition, so that we only warn if stackprotector
is globally enabled.

       Arnd