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diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index 0277ba578779..bd2aabb2c60f 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -266,9 +266,12 @@ config ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS
endmenu
+config CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT
+ def_bool $(cc-option,-frandomize-layout-seed-file=/dev/null)
+
choice
prompt "Randomize layout of sensitive kernel structures"
- default RANDSTRUCT_FULL if COMPILE_TEST && GCC_PLUGINS
+ default RANDSTRUCT_FULL if COMPILE_TEST && (GCC_PLUGINS || CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT)
default RANDSTRUCT_NONE
help
If you enable this, the layouts of structures that are entirely
@@ -297,13 +300,20 @@ choice
config RANDSTRUCT_FULL
bool "Fully randomize structure layout"
- depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+ depends on CC_HAS_RANDSTRUCT || GCC_PLUGINS
select MODVERSIONS if MODULES
help
Fully randomize the member layout of sensitive
structures as much as possible, which may have both a
memory size and performance impact.
+ One difference between the Clang and GCC plugin
+ implementations is the handling of bitfields. The GCC
+ plugin treats them as fully separate variables,
+ introducing sometimes significant padding. Clang tries
+ to keep adjacent bitfields together, but with their bit
+ ordering randomized.
+
config RANDSTRUCT_PERFORMANCE
bool "Limit randomization of structure layout to cache-lines"
depends on GCC_PLUGINS