Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Jun 26 2020 - 16:19:02 EST


On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 03:59:12AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Some Makefiles already pass -fno-stack-protector unconditionally.
> For example, arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile, arch/x86/xen/Makefile.
> No problem report so far about hard-coding this option. So, we can
> assume all supported compilers know -fno-stack-protector.
>
> GCC 4.8 and Clang support this option (https://godbolt.org/z/_HDGzN)
>
> Get rid of cc-option from -fno-stack-protector.
>
> Remove CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE, which should always be 'y'.
>
> Note:
> arch/mips/vdso/Makefile adds -fno-stack-protector twice, first
> unconditionally, and second conditionally. I removed the second one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook