[PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Don't fortify prom_init

Andrew Donnellan andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com
Mon May 22 14:29:39 AEST 2017


On 22/05/17 11:32, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> prom_init is a bit special; in theory it should be able to be
> linked separately to the kernel. To keep this from getting too
> complex, the symbols that prom_init.c uses are checked.
>
> Fortification adds symbols, and it gets quite messy as it includes
> things like panic(). So just don't fortify prom_init.c for now.
>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
> Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja at axtens.net>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com>

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