[PATCH 4.14 64/75] locking/refcounts, x86/asm: Enable CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 08:12:50 EST


4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


[ Upstream commit 39208aa7ecb7d9c4e86df782b5693270313cbab1 ]

With the section inlining bug fixed for the x86 refcount protection,
we can turn the config back on.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Elena <elena.reshetova@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1504382986-49301-3-git-send-email-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64
# Causing hangs/crashes, see the commit that added this change for details.
- select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT if BROKEN
+ select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT
select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN