linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/stackprotector: fix build failure with CONFIG

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Message-ID: <20250311190159.GIZ9CIp81bEg1Ny5gn@fat_crate.local>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:01:59 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Fangrui Song <i@...kray.me>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/stackprotector: fix build failure with
 CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=n

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 07:10:57PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> See the "older binutils?" above ;)
> 
> my toolchain is quite old,
> 
> 	$ ld -v
> 	GNU ld version 2.25-17.fc23
> 
> but according to Documentation/process/changes.rst
> 
> 	binutils               2.25             ld -v
> 
> it should be still supported.

So your issue happens because of older binutils? Any other ingredient?

I'd like for the commit message to contain *exactly* what we're fixing here so
that anyone who reads this, can know whether this fix is needed on her/his
kernel or not...

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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