Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 09:08:53 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>,
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        Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
        x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
        Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>
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* PaX Team <pageexec@freemail.hu> wrote:

> i don't see the compile time vs. runtime detection as 'competing' approaches, 
> both have their own role. [...]

That's true - but only as long as 'this can be solved in tooling!' is not used as 
an excuse to oppose the runtime solution and we end up doing neither.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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