[PATCH 3/8] stackleak: Rename CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_STACKLEAK to CONFIG_STACKLEAK

Ingo Molnar mingo at kernel.org
Wed May 7 19:39:48 UTC 2025


* Kees Cook <kees at kernel.org> wrote:

> On Wed, May 07, 2025 at 08:45:15PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * Kees Cook <kees at kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > -	  The STACKLEAK gcc plugin instruments the kernel code for tracking
> > > +	  The STACKLEAK options instruments the kernel code for tracking
> > 
> > speling.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > Also, any chance to fix this terrible name? Should be something like 
> > KSTACKZERO or KSTACKCLEAR, to tell people that it doesn't leak the 
> > stack but prevents leaks on the stack by clearing it, and that it's 
> > about the kernel stack, not any other stack.
> 
> Yeah, better to name it for what it does rather than want to protects
> against. The internal naming for what it does is "stack erase", so
> perhaps KSTACK_ERASE ?

That's even better, and I like the word separation as well. Thanks!

	Ingo



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