netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: bmac: Fix stack corruption panic in bmac

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 19:19:25 +1000
From:   Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:     Jeremy Kerr <jk@...abs.org>, userm57@...oo.com,
        Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: bmac: Fix stack corruption panic in bmac_probe()

On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 08:59 +0800, Jeremy Kerr wrote:
> Hi Stan,
> 
> > The new kernel compiled and booted with no errors, with these
> > STACKPROTECTOR options in .config (the last two revealed the bug):
> > 
> > CONFIG_HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR=y
> > CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE=y
> > CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR=y
> > CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y
> 
> Brilliant, thanks for testing. I'll send a standalone patch to
> netdev.

Nice catch :-) Lots of people used these machines for years without
noticing :-) .... Granted most people used newer generation stuff with
a gmac instead.

Cheers,
Ben.