Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932215AbXAFVE1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:04:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932216AbXAFVE1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:04:27 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.24]:40863 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932215AbXAFVEY (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:04:24 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:04:02 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Hugh Dickins cc: Andrew Morton , Marcus Meissner , Andi Kleen , Ingo Molnar , Dave Jones , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: revert PIE randomization? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 21 On Sat, 6 Jan 2007, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > Isn't that randomization, anywhere from 0x10000 to ELF_ET_DYN_BASE, > sure to place the ET_DYN from time to time just where the comment says > it's trying to avoid? I assume that somehow results in the error reported. Hmm.. It's certainly the case that it would appear that the randomization might put the binary just under the heap, and cause conflicts with brk and the mmap heap. You're right. I'm inclined to just revert it, modulo some comments from others. Marcus? Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/