linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] stackprotector re-enabling patches

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Message-ID: <20090103143455.4c23d243@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:34:55 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [git pull] stackprotector re-enabling patches

On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 13:55:13 -0800
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Jan 2009 22:43:53 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
> >  
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
> > index 10d6cc3..28f1114 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
> > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
> > @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA
> >  config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
> >  	bool "Testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA feature"
> >  	depends on DEBUG_RODATA
> > +	default y
> >  	help
> >  	  This option enables a testcase for the DEBUG_RODATA
> >  	  feature as well as for the change_page_attr()
> 
> I think this chunk isn't meant to be there...

actually never mind.
it does make sense in general (in fact, I'd be tempted to remove the
KConfig for this one and just always do the check)


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