From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757803AbYDRNwB (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:52:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751380AbYDRNvy (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:51:54 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:50887 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751019AbYDRNvx (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:51:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:51:27 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Reuben Farrelly , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: StackProtector Oopses - Re: 2.6.25-mm1 Message-ID: <20080418065127.3005c671@laptopd505.fenrus.org> In-Reply-To: <20080418133645.GF31797@elte.hu> References: <20080418014757.52fb4a4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <48089BDE.6040100@reub.net> <20080418133645.GF31797@elte.hu> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:45 +0200 Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Reuben Farrelly wrote: > > > is enough to prevent my system booting, viz: > > hm, does it boot up fine with the attached patch and stackprotector > enabled? It appears that your system got to the self-test so > stackprotector is working mostly - it's just that the self-test went > wrong. > yes it'll be interesting to see if this is due to the test triggering or due to something else. Reuben: I assume your gcc is pretty vanilla and doesn't have weird patches in this area? Can you do a (with the test enabled in the config/code) do a make kernel/panic.s and send me that file? (this allows me to see what code your gcc generated for the test) -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org