Re: [patch V4 02/15] entry: Provide generic syscall entry functionality

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jul 22 2020 - 03:34:57 EST


Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 12:57:08PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/kernel/entry/Makefile
>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY) += common.o
>
> But, my point is, let's avoid tripping over this again, and retain the
> disabling here:
>
> CFLAGS_common.o += -fno-stack-protector
>
> I can add this again later, but it'd be nice if it was done here to
> avoid gaining back the TIF_WORK stack protector overhead penalty (which
> we're free of in v5.8 for the first time). ;)

Duh, yes. I completely forgot about that.

Thanks for spotting it!

tglx