Re: [PATCH 12/14] x86/module: Revert "Deal with GOT based stack cookie load on Clang < 17"
From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Wed Apr 29 2026 - 03:54:25 EST
On Wed, 29 Apr 2026, at 04:59, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Now that the minimum supported version of LLVM for building the kernel
> has been raised to 17.0.1, the workaround added by
>
> 78c4374ef8b8 ("x86/module: Deal with GOT based stack cookie load on
> Clang < 17")
>
> will never be included, as the final clause in the preprocessor
> conditional is always false. Revert the change to clean up the dead
> code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>