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-rw-r--r--Makefile6
-rw-r--r--security/Kconfig.hardening5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5e7c1d854441..e20baaa838b1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -831,12 +831,12 @@ endif
# Initialize all stack variables with a zero value.
ifdef CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO
-# Future support for zero initialization is still being debated, see
-# https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45497. These flags are subject to being
-# renamed or dropped.
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+# https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45497
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang
endif
+endif
# While VLAs have been removed, GCC produces unreachable stack probes
# for the randomize_kstack_offset feature. Disable it for all compilers.
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index 90cbaff86e13..ded17b8abce2 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern)
config CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
+ # GCC ignores the -enable flag, so we can test for the feature with
+ # a single invocation using the flag, but drop it as appropriate in
+ # the Makefile, depending on the presence of Clang.
def_bool $(cc-option,-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang)
choice
prompt "Initialize kernel stack variables at function entry"
default GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
default INIT_STACK_ALL_PATTERN if COMPILE_TEST && CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
- default INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO if CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_PATTERN
+ default INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO if CC_HAS_AUTO_VAR_INIT_ZERO
default INIT_STACK_NONE
help
This option enables initialization of stack variables at