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Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 16:07:24 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 23/27] x86/modules: Adapt module loading for PIE
support
On 05/23/2018 03:01 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:27 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>
>> (for several patches in this series:)
>> The commit message is confusing. See below.
>
> Thanks for the edits, I will change the different commit messages.
>
>
>
>> On 05/23/2018 12:54 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>>> Adapt module loading to support PIE relocations. Generate dynamic GOT if
>>> a symbol requires it but no entry exist in the kernel GOT.
>
>> exists
>
>>>
>>> Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to extended the
>
>> will allow us to extend
> the
>
>>> KASLR randomization range below the -2G memory limit.
>
>> Does that say "below th negative 2G memory limit"?
>> I don't get it.
>
> Yes, below 0xffffffff80000000 basically. I think I will just say that.
Yes, please, that's much better.
>
>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/x86/Makefile | 4 +
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/module.h | 11 ++
>>> arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h | 4 +
>>> arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 181 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>> arch/x86/kernel/module.lds | 3 +
>>> 5 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/module.lds
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> ~Randy
>
>
>
--
~Randy
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