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authorMichael Bestas <mkbestas@lineageos.org>2020-06-04 00:49:19 +0300
committerMichael Bestas <mkbestas@lineageos.org>2020-06-04 00:49:19 +0300
commit08e780103611fb2be36c17ff80de6cb54c910dd0 (patch)
tree8bd63552a71f699da64faee819fc9c56501be6f2 /arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
parent978414b66805b23c93560db9cdacd4fd83f8cc52 (diff)
parent60fca757270659c627384fcfe7219d2b85f1459c (diff)
Merge branch 'android-4.4-p' of https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common into lineage-17.1-caf-msm8998
This brings LA.UM.8.4.r1-05500-8x98.0 up to date with https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/ android-4.4-p at commit: 60fca75727065 Merge 4.4.226 into android-4.4-p Conflicts: drivers/base/firmware_class.c drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/core.c kernel/trace/blktrace.c net/socket.c sound/core/rawmidi.c sound/usb/mixer.c Change-Id: Ic8599e865656da72a9405c45f27091ec1ddc168c
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
index 58505f01962f..743bd2d77e51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/stackprotector.h
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@
/*
* 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)
{