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The correct syntax for gcc -x is "gcc -x assembler", not
"gcc -xassembler". Even though the latter happens to work, the former
is what is documented in the manual page and thus what gcc wrappers
such as icecream do expect.

This isn't a cosmetic change. The missing space prevents icecream from
recognizing compilation tasks it can't handle, leading to silent kernel
miscompilations.

Besides me, credits go to Michael Matz and Dirk Mueller for
investigating the miscompilation issue and tracking it down to this
incorrect -x parameter syntax.

Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Bernhard Walle
Cc: Michal Marek
Cc: Ralf Baechle
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek

Jean Delvare
2012-10-03 15:03:24 +0800

gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh 200 Bytes

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#!/bin/sh

echo "int foo(void) { char X[200]; return 3; }" | $* -S -x c -c -O0 -mcmodel=kernel -fstack-protector - -o - 2> /dev/null | grep -q "%gs"
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ] ; then
	echo y
else
	echo n
fi