Re: [PATCH] x86: disable stack-protector for__restore_processor_state()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Joseph Cihula <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The __restore_processor_state() fn restores %gs on resume from S3.  
> As such, it cannot be protected by the stack-protector guard since 
> %gs will not be correct on function entry.
>
> There are only a few other fns in this file and it should not 
> negatively impact kernel security that they will also have the 
> stack-protector guard removed (and so it's not worth moving them 
> to another file).
>
> Without this change, S3 resume on a kernel built with 
> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL=y will fail.
>
> Signed-off-by:  Joseph Cihula <joseph.cihula@xxxxxxxxx>

ah ... very nice!

applied to tip:x86/urgent, thanks Joseph!

	Ingo
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