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Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/17] prmem: linked list: disable layout randomization
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On 24/10/2018 14:43, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 12:35:00AM +0300, Igor Stoppa wrote:
>> Some of the data structures used in list management are composed by two
>> pointers. Since the kernel is now configured by default to randomize the
>> layout of data structures soleley composed by pointers,
> 
> Isn't this true for function pointers?

Yes, you are right.
Thanks for pointing this out.

I can drop this patch.

--
igor