Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:54:38 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kbuild: disable Android-specific compiler features | From | Kees Cook <> |
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On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> wrote: > Dne 18.2.2016 v 00:03 Kees Cook napsal(a): >> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote: >>> The Android compilers enable some non-standard features by default. While >>> most Android build systems inject the needed "-mno-android" option via >>> KCFLAGS, it happens too late (at least on x86_64), since KBUILD_CFLAGS >>> gains KCFLAGS after running (and failing) many cc-option tests. (For >>> example, the stack-protector tests happen after arch-specific >>> KBUILD_CFLAGS are added but before the external KCFLAGS are added.) As >>> such, we should notice this option and immediately turn it on as the >>> first cc-option test we run. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> >> >> Michal, is this okay? I'd like to get it into -next soon if possible. > > Is there a way to detect these compilers and are there some canonical > versions of these? I do not think it's a good idea to add workaround for > each random gcc fork.
It's detectable by -mno-android being a valid option. It's not a random gcc fork, as it's part of the Android SDK gcc prebuilts that all Android vendors and hobbiests use to build their kernels.
-Kees
-- Kees Cook Chrome OS & Brillo Security
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