linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] kbuild changes for v4.8-rc1

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Date:	Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:59:05 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>,
	tautschn@...zon.co.uk, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] kbuild changes for v4.8-rc1

Dne 2.8.2016 v 22:55 Kees Cook napsal(a):
> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:41 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> please merge these kbuild changes for v4.8-rc1:
>>
>> Merged. However, there were two slightly different versions of this
>> commit in my tree:
>>
>>> Kees Cook (2):
>>>       kbuild: Abort build on bad stack protector flag
>>
>> differing by $ARCH vs $SRCARCH. There were a few other changes in that
>> area too, so I'd really like you to verify the end result.
> 
> The version with $SRCARCH is the correct version. (I think akpm may
> have picked up the v1, but Michal requested some changes that resulted
> in the v2 with the $SRCARCH correction.)

Right, it should be $SRCARCH. But if you accidentally pushed the wrong
version, sky is not going to fall. It's just that make
ARCH=(i386|x86_64|um) will not do the compiler check, until a fix patch
is merged.

Michal