Re: [PATCH] x86, build: replace Perl script with Shell script

[Rob Landley]

On 01/12/2015 08:17 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> Commit e6023367d779 ("x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd")
> added Perl to the required build environment. This reimplements in shell
> the Perl script used to find the size of the kernel with bss and brk added.
> 
> Reported-by: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I just noticed earlier today that my version doesn't notice if objdump
isn't in the $PATH. (Happens if you're cross compiling and not all
binaries prefixed.)

Other than that:

Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>

(I don't have a setup with gold to test...)

Rob
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