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Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2014 11:50:08 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [patch core/stackprotector] stackprotector: Fix build when compiler
lacks support
On 01/01/2014 11:33 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> Ack. Looks good to me. I've wanted this for a long time for other
> reasons, we should finally just do it.
>
Yes, we keep avoiding doing this by layering hack upon hack, but
really... it needs to be done.
The chief objection I've heard is that it makes "make oldconfig"
necessary after a compiler change, but that seems entirely reasonable.
-hpa
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