* 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/