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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] MIPS: set stack/data protection as non-executable
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On 08/05/2015 04:55 PM, Paul Burton wrote:
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> As was pointed out last time you posted this, it breaks backwards
> compatibility with userland & thus cannot be applied.

Never observed since first version.

In other side, the problem with apps like ssh_keygen is observed in 
absence of executable stack protection.

- Leonid.
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