linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3] ZBOOT: fix stack protector in compressed boot phase

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:08:12 +0000
From:   James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>
To:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
Cc:     Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
        linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] ZBOOT: fix stack protector in compressed boot phase

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:50:55AM +0800, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> 在 2018-03-22四的 22:21 +0000，James Hogan写道：
> > Also I think it worth mentioning in the commit message the MIPS
> > configuration you hit this with, presumably a Loongson one? For me
> > decompress_kernel() gets a stack guard on loongson3_defconfig, but
> > not
> > malta_defconfig or malta_defconfig + 64-bit. I presume its sensitive
> > to
> > the compiler inlining stuff into decompress_kernel() or something
> > such
> > that it suddenly qualifies for a stack guard.
> 
> Have you tested with CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y ?

Yes. for malta_defconfig I could only reproduce by adding an array to
decompress_kernel() so that it would get the guard.

Cheers
James

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