linux-kernel - Regression [Was: Boot hang with stack protector on x86

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Message-ID: <20080222075950.GB2660@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:59:50 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Regression [Was: Boot hang with stack protector on x86_64]

Hi Linus.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:29:37AM +1100, James Morris wrote:
> I've been getting an immediate hang on boot since:
> 
> e06b8b98da071f7dd78fb7822991694288047df0 kbuild: allow -fstack-protector to take effect
> 
> This is on an x86_64 system (actually an Intel SDV -- so it might be 
> "special").
This is a regression. Can you please revert this commit.
We can redo it wehn the -fstack-protector stuff are properly fixed in x86.

	Sam

[Kept rest of the mail for reference]

> 
> My .config has the following:
> 
> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR=y
> CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL=y
> 
> Let me know if you need more information.
> 
> 
> Interestingly, git-bisect was unable to identify the changeset, and 
> reliably mis-identified this as the problem:
> 
> 71c044752cdae89136862495f244d37073e2cf66 V4L/DVB (7080): zr364xx: add support for Pentax Optio 50
> 
> (which I don't even build).
> 
> 
> - James
> -- 
> James Morris
> <jmorris@...ei.org>
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