Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933463AbXBXJlq (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:41:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933466AbXBXJlq (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:41:46 -0500 Received: from mail.enyo.de ([212.9.189.167]:4597 "EHLO mail.enyo.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933463AbXBXJlp (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:41:45 -0500 From: Florian Weimer To: Samium Gromoff <_deepfire@feelingofgreen.ru> Cc: Kyle Moffett , David Wagner , LKML Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Undo some of the pseudo-security madness References: <87r6toufpp.wl@betelheise.deep.net> <1D317613-B0B6-4517-81B5-DBF3978FA413@mac.com> <87lkjvvnc6.wl@betelheise.deep.net> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:40:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87lkjvvnc6.wl@betelheise.deep.net> (Samium Gromoff's message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:53:29 +0300") Message-ID: <87k5y799lo.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> 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: 589 Lines: 15 * Samium Gromoff: > Lisp environments can produce standalone executables If you've got a stand-alone executable, you don't need MAP_FIXED. The ELF loader maps the program at a fixed address anyway (at least on i386 and x86_64, I haven't checked others). AFAIK, PolyML has recently made the switch to stand-alone executables for this reason. - 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/