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Date:      Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:42:45 +0100
From:      Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: f934e629dc22 - main - Add stack clash protection to the WITH_SSP flag
Message-ID:  <99a3d04aa2eb3c1e8ea0dd24b37a5c44@FreeBSD.org>
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Am 2025-01-28 14:42, schrieb Ed Maste:
> On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 at 07:38, Alexander Leidinger 
> <netchild@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Am 2025-01-25 20:21, schrieb Jessica Clarke:
>> 
>> > It looks like with Clang we end up using -Qunused-arguments so the
>> > warning/error is suppressed. That at least means the build doesn’t
>> > fail, which I suppose is good, but I’m not sure we should be promising
>> > that WITH_SSP will protect against stack clash then having the compiler
>> > silently emit unprotected code (for which we’re to blame, by telling it
>> > to ignore the fact it’s not supported). This at least needs to be
>> > documented that the protection will only be provided if supported by
>> > the compiler.
> 
> I suppose we should add support for stack clash to COMPILER_FEATURES
> in bsd.compiler.mk and add the flag only if supported.

I will submit a review for this later (testing some arch limits for 
zeroregs at the same time, seems it has similar restrictions).

>> function correctly.
>>   supports stack overflow protection using the Stack Smashing 
>> Protector
>>   .Pq SSP
>>   compiler feature,
>> -and stack clash protection.
>> +and stack clash protection (if supported by the compiler for the 
>> given
>> architecture).
> 
> To make it explicitly clear that the "if supported" applies only to
> stack clash protection, maybe make it a separate sentence.
> 
> ... SSP compiler feature. Stack clash protection is also enabled, if
> supported by the compiler for the given architecture.
> 
> Looks good to me either way.

Committed.

Bye,
Alexander.

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