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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 73f7fe8fd4d..d6218e6c982 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
def_bool y
config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
- def_bool X86_64_SMP || (X86_SMP && !X86_VOYAGER)
+ def_bool y
config HAVE_CPUMASK_OF_CPU_MAP
def_bool X86_64_SMP
@@ -391,6 +391,13 @@ config X86_RDC321X
as R-8610-(G).
If you don't have one of these chips, you should say N here.
+config X86_UV
+ bool "SGI Ultraviolet"
+ depends on X86_64
+ help
+ This option is needed in order to support SGI Ultraviolet systems.
+ If you don't have one of these, you should say N here.
+
config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
def_bool y
prompt "Single-depth WCHAN output"
@@ -1340,13 +1347,17 @@ config SECCOMP
If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
+config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL
+ bool
+
config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on X86_64 && EXPERIMENTAL && BROKEN
+ depends on X86_64
+ select CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL
help
- This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
- feature puts, at the beginning of critical functions, a canary
- value on the stack just before the return address, and validates
+ This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
+ feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
+ the stack just before the return address, and validates
the value just before actually returning. Stack based buffer
overflows (that need to overwrite this return address) now also
overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
@@ -1354,15 +1365,8 @@ config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
This feature requires gcc version 4.2 or above, or a distribution
gcc with the feature backported. Older versions are automatically
- detected and for those versions, this configuration option is ignored.
-
-config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_ALL
- bool "Use stack-protector for all functions"
- depends on CC_STACKPROTECTOR
- help
- Normally, GCC only inserts the canary value protection for
- functions that use large-ish on-stack buffers. By enabling
- this option, GCC will be asked to do this for ALL functions.
+ detected and for those versions, this configuration option is
+ ignored. (and a warning is printed during bootup)
source kernel/Kconfig.hz