Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758083AbZKJWXN (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757875AbZKJWXL (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:11 -0500 Received: from mbox2.netikka.net ([213.250.81.203]:44121 "EHLO mbox2.netikka.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757848AbZKJWXI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:23:08 -0500 Message-ID: <4AF9E7D4.9080309@mandriva.org> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:16 +0200 From: Thomas Backlund User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List CC: stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: x86: Remove STACKPROTECTOR_ALL References: <200911021859.nA2Ix4cB023712@hera.kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <200911021859.nA2Ix4cB023712@hera.kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1713 Lines: 44 I think this one should go to 2.6.31.x too ... > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/linus/14a3f40aafacde1dfd6912327ae14df4baf10304 > Commit: 14a3f40aafacde1dfd6912327ae14df4baf10304 > Parent: 02dd0a0613e0d84c7dd8315e3fe6204d005b7c79 > Author: Arjan van de Ven > AuthorDate: Fri Oct 23 07:31:01 2009 -0700 > Committer: Ingo Molnar > CommitDate: Fri Oct 23 16:35:23 2009 +0200 > > x86: Remove STACKPROTECTOR_ALL > > STACKPROTECTOR_ALL has a really high overhead (runtime and stack > footprint) and is not really worth it protection wise (the > normal STACKPROTECTOR is in effect for all functions with > buffers already), so lets just remove the option entirely. > > Reported-by: Dave Jones > Reported-by: Chuck Ebbert > Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven > Cc: Eric Sandeen > LKML-Reference: <20091023073101.3dce4ebb@infradead.org> > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 ---- > arch/x86/Makefile | 1 - > 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index 07e0114..72ace95 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -1443,12 +1443,8 @@ config SECCOMP > > If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here. > > -config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL > - bool -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/