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stackprotector: better self-test
authorArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:09:55 +0000 (05:09 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:32:58 +0000 (20:32 +0200)
commitaa92db14270b79f0f91a9060b547a46f9e2639da
tree576da2534db939abe8c71a02e3ac4fbe4833037etree | snapshot
parent5ce001b0e56638c726270d4f9e05d46d4250dfbbcommit | diff
stackprotector: better self-test

check stackprotector functionality by manipulating the canary briefly
during bootup.

far more robust than trying to overflow the stack. (which is architecture
dependent, etc.)

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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