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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-20 10:26:31 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-01-20 10:26:31 -0800
commitad3ab302fd8239a1ddee01e606683c3197ca6908 (patch)
treed4984d29bcc90252118bdf3a0c32d5c1e027fc08 /security
parenta693c46e14c9fdadbcd68ddfa94a4f72495531a9 (diff)
parent8779657d29c0ebcc0c94ede4df2f497baf1b563f (diff)
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Merge branch 'core-stackprotector-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull strong stackprotector support from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree adds a CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y, a new, stronger
  stack canary checking method supported by the newest GCC versions (4.9
  and later).

  Here's the 'intensity comparison' between the various protection
  modes:

      - defconfig
        11430641 kernel text size
        36110 function bodies

      - defconfig + CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
        11468490 kernel text size (+0.33%)
        1015 of 36110 functions are stack-protected (2.81%)

      - defconfig + CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG via this patch
        11692790 kernel text size (+2.24%)
        7401 of 36110 functions are stack-protected (20.5%)

  the strong model comes with non-trivial costs, which is why we
  preserved the 'regular' and 'none' models as well"

* 'core-stackprotector-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  stackprotector: Introduce CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
  stackprotector: Unify the HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR logic between architectures
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