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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] powerpc/32: fix handling of stack protector with recent GCC
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Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> writes:

> On Mon, 16 Jan 2017, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Since 2005, powerpc GCC doesn't manage anymore __stack_chk_guard as
>> a global variable but as some value located at -0x7008(r2)
>
> Is this still an "RFC" or is there a chance that this will land in 4.10?

No. I've reverted the stack protector support in my fixes branch (which
is in linux-next), and it will go into 4.10 this week.

cheers