>this is not a gcc bug. this is an ubuntu management specific arrogance (and perhaps some cash from redmond with love) - of course it is completely wrong to patch the kernel makefile because they decided to ship a gcc unable to build the kernel itself (with wrong defaults/specs). but like they said repeatedly, they are not a democracy. also just like linus said repeatedly, fuck unubuntu!
ok thanks for you really nice and well proven point. AFAICT also Fedora and other major linux distros are starting enabling pie by default, and probably more will come. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Modernise_GCC_Flags Unfortunately I don't want to answer why you are wrong, because I don't want to feed the troll, and you didn't say anything worth an answer in your post. So, the answer will be generic to other people (who probably have more clues than you on the reasons). pie is a security flag that is really important for an OS. Unfortunately asking maintainers to enable it resulted in not many adaptions, and many critical pieces of software without such hardening flag enabled. Enabling by default in gcc sounded a better idea, and the side effect has been that virtualbox/kernel had to disable it manually to still build. For this reason -f-no-pie has been created, and it should work with no issues. And this bug/flag has been injected and the kernel is now fixed, so please move on. thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dkms in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574982 Title: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler Status in dkms package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gcc-defaults package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in dkms source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Bug description: Installing the latest 4.4.0-22 kernel ends with that error logged into dkmsbuildlog (only affect yakkety kernel; 4.4.0-22 kernel installation on xenial is fine) https://launchpadlibrarian.net/256055415/DKMSBuildLog.txt make "CC=cc" KBUILD_VERBOSE= -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-22-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-361/361.42/build ARCH=x86_64 NV_KERNEL_SOURCES=/lib/modules/4.4.0-22-generic/build NV_KERNEL_OUTPUT=/lib/modules/4.4.0-22-generic/build NV_KERNEL_MODULES="nvidia nvidia-uvm nvidia-modeset" INSTALL_MOD_DIR=kernel/drivers/video modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-22-generic' arch/x86/Makefile:133: stack-protector enabled but compiler support broken Makefile:670: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler the latest error logged is: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-361/361.42/build/nvidia/nv-frontend.c:1:0: error: code model kernel does not support PIC mode Looks like it is related to the latest changes updates: gcc-6/gcc-5 5.3.1-16ubuntu2 (some packages built with gcc-6; gcc-5 disabled for the packages built with gcc-6) Maybe some alternatives has not been updated to take care of these changes, as asked some time ago: http://askubuntu.com/questions/26498/choose-gcc-and-g-version This has been firstly reported against a nvidia crash: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-361/+bug/1574838 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: gcc 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Tue Apr 26 08:41:32 2016 SourcePackage: gcc-defaults UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: oem 2014 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: oem 2014 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: oem 2014 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=0a9ca7f0-6eeb-4b21-b70f-670fa600de16 IwConfig: eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. lo no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c062 Logitech, Inc. M-UAS144 [LS1 Laser Mouse] Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC P5W DH Deluxe NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: ubuntu ProcFB: ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-21-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-21-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157 RfKill: Tags: yakkety Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 3002 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3002:bd07/22/2010:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/1574982/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
