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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-05-17 11:08:29 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-05-17 11:08:29 -0700
commit43567139f5f3808cda4f61c956576f8a4f2232cb (patch)
treea878bdae763213bbde2d1deaab2c7a7f102d0d90 /arch/x86/include
parent5a9ffb954a3933d7867f4341684a23e008d6839b (diff)
parenta9a3ed1eff3601b63aea4fb462d8b3b92c7c1e7e (diff)
Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v5.7-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 fix from Borislav Petkov: "A single fix for early boot crashes of kernels built with gcc10 and stack protector enabled" * tag 'x86_urgent_for_v5.7-rc7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index 91e29b6a86a5..9804a7957f4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -55,8 +55,13 @@
/*
* Initialize the stackprotector canary value.
*
- * NOTE: this must only be called from functions that never return,
+ * NOTE: this must only be called from functions that never return
* and it must always be inlined.
+ *
+ * In addition, it should be called from a compilation unit for which
+ * stack protector is disabled. Alternatively, the caller should not end
+ * with a function call which gets tail-call optimized as that would
+ * lead to checking a modified canary value.
*/
static __always_inline void boot_init_stack_canary(void)
{