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

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Message-ID: <20080222093621.GG327@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:36:21 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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: Re: Regression [Was: Boot hang with stack protector on x86_64]


* Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:

> > 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.

No!

James, could you please check whether x86.git#testing:

   http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README

works fine for you? That has all the current stackprotector fixes. I 
plan to send a separate pull request with just the stackprotector fixes 
to Linus, they are looking good in testing so far.

	Ingo
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