On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:56 PM Denis Kirjanov <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, Muni Sekhar <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> My Kernel is built with the following options:
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>> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
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>> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y
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>> We use out-of-tree kernel modules in our project and I need to measure the performance of it by using a bit older gcc version 4.8.5.
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>> I can build the modules with gcc above 5 version, but when I try to use gcc version 4.8.5 I’m getting the following error:
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>> Makefile:693: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
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>> So it looks like gcc 4.8.5 does not support CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG option, but how to instruct gcc to ignore this one?
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>> In runtime, is it possible to instruct kernel to ignore “CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y” (without building the kernel) by using sysctl or any other method?
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> Just disable it in your .config file
I disabled in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/.config, but still get
that error. Does kernel needs to be recompiled?
CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
# CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE is not set
# CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR is not set
# CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG is not set
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>> Any help is appreciated.
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>> Thanks,
>> Sekhar
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> Regards / Mit besten Grüßen,
> Denis
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Thanks,
Sekhar