Re: [PATCH] x86: kaslr: move ELF relocation handling to C

[Kees Cook]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> * Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Moves the relocation handling into C, after decompression. Only
>> kernels that need relocation support will use the code. The new
>> CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE does not yet do anything except turn on this logic
>> for 64-bit kernels.
>
> So why not keep the inactive CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE hunks in a separate
> patch, and just have this one clean, orthogonal patch that moves
> relocation handling into C?

I had wanted there to be a way to test building with 64-bit
relocations. With this patch and CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE=y, I could do
that. Would you rather I remove those pieces?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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