Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932228AbXAFVsV (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:48:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932233AbXAFVsV (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:48:21 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:56511 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932228AbXAFVsU (ORCPT ); Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:48:20 -0500 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:45:05 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Marcus Meissner Cc: Linus Torvalds , Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Andi Kleen , Dave Jones , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: revert PIE randomization? Message-ID: <20070106214505.GA8904@elte.hu> References: <20070106210826.GA31518@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070106210826.GA31518@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -5.9 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-5.9 required=5.9 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -3.3 ALL_TRUSTED Did not pass through any untrusted hosts -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 826 Lines: 23 * Marcus Meissner wrote: > > You're right. I'm inclined to just revert it, modulo some comments > > from others. Marcus? > > After thinking about this, yes. > > I would rather have a working range used here (perhaps like Hugh > suggested), but feel free to revert the original patch if you are not > confident with it. i'm wondering why you had to try to reinvent the wheel, instead of picking up exec-shield's remaining bits of randomization implementation from Fedora, which was tested for a long time and achieves PIE randomization and more? Ingo - 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/