* Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Tue,  8 Oct 2013 12:10:36 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > -ifeq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_HELLO),$(CFLAGS) -Werror 
> > -Wstack-protector,-Wstack-protector),y)
> > +ifeq ($(feature-stackprotector), 1)
> >    CFLAGS += -Wstack-protector
> >  endif
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> > +test-stackprotector:
> > +   $(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector
> 
> The flag being checked should be -"W"stack-protector instead of
> -"f"stack-protector.  And the gcc manpage says that -Wstack-protector is
> only active when -fstack-protector is active.  So the end result should
> look like
> 
>       $(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector -Wstack-protector

So, I think this testcase only wanted to check whether GCC knows the 
option or not, right?

Nevertheless I agree that we could add -Wstack-protector to be on the safe 
side, I'll send a patch for that.

Thanks,

        Ingo
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