CONFIG_CHECK_STACK: Detect kernel stack overflow

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_CHECK_STACK:

• prompt: Detect kernel stack overflow
• type: bool
• depends on: ! CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
• defined in arch/s390/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.9–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option enables the compiler option -mstack-guard and -mstack-size if they are available. If the compiler supports them it will emit additional code to each function prolog to trigger an illegal operation if the kernel stack is about to overflow.

Say N if you are unsure.

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