linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Don't instrument itself

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Message-ID: <202006091147.1B8E3ABE@keescook>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jun 2020 11:48:07 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] gcc-plugins/stackleak: Don't instrument itself

On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 04:49:56PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
> There is no need to try instrumenting functions in kernel/stackleak.c.
> Otherwise that can cause issues if the cleanup pass of stackleak gcc plugin
> is disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook