1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index 4523ff88a69d..aa89eabf09e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include <linux/stackprotector.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -117,6 +118,17 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
 void cpu_idle(void)
 {
         current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
+
+        /*
+         * If we're the non-boot CPU, nothing set the PDA stack
+         * canary up for us - and if we are the boot CPU we have
+         * a 0 stack canary. This is a good place for updating
+         * it, as we wont ever return from this function (so the
+         * invalid canaries already on the stack wont ever
+         * trigger):
+         */
+        boot_init_stack_canary();
+
         /* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
         while (1) {
                 tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1);
@@ -627,7 +639,6 @@ __switch_to(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p)
                   (unsigned long)task_stack_page(next_p) +
                   THREAD_SIZE - KERNEL_STACK_OFFSET);
 #ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-        write_pda(stack_canary, next_p->stack_canary);
         /*
          * Build time only check to make sure the stack_canary is at
          * offset 40 in the pda; this is a gcc ABI requirement