linux-kernel - Re: v4.10: kernel stack frame pointer .. has bad value (null)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20170309152910.GD3343@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 16:29:10 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: v4.10: kernel stack frame pointer .. has bad value (null)

On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 10:22:53PM +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> Well, I have fast CPUs, but most of the time they just compile
> stuff. Especially bisect is compile-heavy. I suspect going back to
> gcc-3.2 would bring me bigger advantages than CPU upgrade...
> 

But note that 3.2 compiles a distinctly different kernel from something
new and shiny. The kernel uses a lot of GCC features optimistically to
generate different code.

So if by some chance your error depends on one of the new features,
bisecting with some ancient compiler will not work.

And I cannot see that getting any better, only worse.