linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools/perf/build: Improve the 'stackprotector' feature test

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Date:	Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:09:56 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tools/perf/build: Improve the 'stackprotector' feature test

Namhyung Kim noticed that the stackprotector testcase was incomplete:

  > The flag being checked should be -"W"stack-protector instead of
  > -"f"stack-protector.  And the gcc manpage says that -Wstack-protector is
  > only active when -fstack-protector is active.  So the end result should
  > look like
  >
  >         $(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector -Wstack-protector

Add -Wstack-protector.

Reported-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index 2eb8346..c70d23e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test-stackprotector-all:
 	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all
 
 test-stackprotector:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector -Wstack-protector
 
 test-fortify-source:
 	$(BUILD) -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
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