Enable -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 by default. --- a/gcc/c-family/c-cppbuiltin.c +++ b/gcc/c-family/c-cppbuiltin.c @@ -951,6 +951,9 @@ c_cpp_builtins (cpp_reader *pfile) builtin_define_with_value ("__REGISTER_PREFIX__", REGISTER_PREFIX, 0); builtin_define_with_value ("__USER_LABEL_PREFIX__", user_label_prefix, 0); + /* Fortify Source enabled by default w/optimization. */ + cpp_define (pfile, "_FORTIFY_SOURCE=((defined __OPTIMIZE__ && __OPTIMIZE__ > 0) ? 2 : 0)"); + /* Misc. */ if (flag_gnu89_inline) cpp_define (pfile, "__GNUC_GNU_INLINE__"); --- a/gcc/doc/gcc.info +++ b/gcc/doc/gcc.info @@ -6255,6 +6255,11 @@ find out the exact set of optimizations that are enabled at each level. Please note the warning under '-fgcse' about invoking '-O2' on programs that use computed gotos. + NOTE: In Gentoo, `-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' is set by default, and is + activated when `-O' is set to 2 or higher. This enables additional + compile-time and run-time checks for several libc functions. To disable, + specify either `-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE' or `-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0'. + '-O3' Optimize yet more. '-O3' turns on all optimizations specified by '-O2' and also turns on the '-finline-functions',