linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm-current tree

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:19:50 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the akpm-current tree

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 7:12 PM, Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-06-15 at 12:04 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> On Wed, 14 Jun 2017 21:58:42 -0400 Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > They're false positive warnings. I think objtool has a list of
>> > __noreturn functions and needs fortify_panic added there. It's just
>> > a
>> > warning so it doesn't need to happen immediately.
>>
>> There are *lots* of them, so it does need to be fixed (Linus will be
>> very irritated if it hits his tree like that).  Create a patch to
>> objtool and get the x86 guys to Ack it?
>
> Okay, I'll send a patch. It turns out that it's very straightforward.
>
> c1fad9ef7ed14aad464972e6444e7a3bd5670f26 is an example of an earlier
> one.

Oops, I just sent one too! :P I can use whatever; like you said, it's
a trivial fix.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security