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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:38:34 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, 
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...el.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, 
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>, Eric Northup <digitaleric@...gle.com>, 
	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>, Julien Tinnes <jln@...gle.com>, 
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86: relocs: build separate 32/64-bit tools

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> On 04/12/2013 01:13 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Since the ELF structures and access macros change size based on 32 vs
>> 64 bits, build a separate 32-bit relocs tool (for handling realmode
>> and 32-bit relocations), and a 64-bit relocs tool (for handling 64-bit
>> kernel relocations).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> --
>> This is ugly with the "cp". Is there some other cleaner way to trigger
>> two builds with different defines from the same source file?
>
> There definitely is.
>
> Have simple wrapper files which do:
>
> /* relocs_32.c */
> #define ELF_BITS 32
> #include "relocs.c"
>
> /* relocs_64.c */
> #define ELF_BITS 64
> #include "relocs.c"

That's what I did in my first pass, but it seemed even worse to me. I
will go back to this.

Thanks!

-Kees

--
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security

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