Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964863AbcKDP7b (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 11:59:31 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([146.0.238.70]:41731 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755279AbcKDP73 (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Nov 2016 11:59:29 -0400 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:58:55 +0100 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior To: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig , "Austin S. Hemmelgarn" , Ben Hutchings , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sven Joachim , Tomas Janousek , Joe Perches , Adam Borowski , Michal Marek , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, doko@debian.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: add -fno-PIE Message-ID: <20161104155855.diyclit55eay6gxk@linutronix.de> References: <20161102172058.13641-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <20161102172058.13641-2-bigeasy@linutronix.de> <1478213455.29107.13.camel@decadent.org.uk> <20161104010811.GD19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20161104142424.jy6ble3pge3beowh@linutronix.de> <20161104151811.GE19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20161104152223.GA1052@infradead.org> <20161104155427.GF19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161104155427.GF19539@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20161014 (1.7.1) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 556 Lines: 12 On 2016-11-04 15:54:27 [+0000], Al Viro wrote: > Christoph, would you mind rereading what I posted upthread? I *am* aware of > that clusterfuck, including the Balint's charming games with the reassignments, > etc. Directly affected by the whole mess, actually. Al, I am re-doing the patch with a runtime check for -fno-PIE and tagging it stable and looking after Ben's fstack protector thingy. This should allow you to compile maintained stable kernels but it won't allow you to bisect to prior versions. I don't see any other way around it. Sebastian