linux-kernel - Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 2/3] Makefile: Move stackprotector availability out of Kconfig

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 19:15:54 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-sh <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" 
        <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH 2/3] Makefile: Move stackprotector
 availability out of Kconfig

On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 09:22:24AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Do you want me to send this patch, or should we allow it to fail with
> the "missing reference" (which may actually be more expressive...) I
> think the way it is right now is better, but I'm open to either.

I think the current way is fine.

And nice work on the patchset.

greg k-h