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2014-04-30perf x86: Fix perf to use non-executable stack, againMathias Krause
arch/x86/tests/regs_load.S is missing the linker note about the stack requirements, therefore making the linker fall back to an executable stack. As this object gets linked against the final perf binary, it'll needlessly end up with an executable stack. Fix this by adding the appropriate linker note. Also add a global linker flag to prevent future regressions, as suggested by Jiri. This way perf won't get an executable stack even if we fail to add the .GNU-stack linker note to future assembler files. Though, doing so might create regressions the other way around, when (statically) linking against libraries needing an executable stack. But, apparently, regressing in that direction is wanted as it is an indicator of poor code quality -- or just missing linker notes. Fixes: 3c8b06f981 ("perf tests x86: Introduce perf_regs_load function") Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398617466-22749-1-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
2014-02-18perf tests x86: Introduce perf_regs_load functionJiri Olsa
Introducing perf_regs_load function, which is going to be used for dwarf unwind test in following patches. It takes single argument as a pointer to the regs dump buffer and populates it with current registers values. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@linaro.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@linaro.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1389098853-14466-5-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>