Re: [PATCH 2/2] livepatch: x86: make kASLR logic more accurate

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Mon Apr 27 2015 - 19:29:55 EST


On Mon, 27 Apr 2015, Minfei Huang wrote:

> Found that kaslr_enabled is only exist for x86. Maybe you can define a
> weak function klp_adjustment_function_addr in general. Then each arch
> can overwrite the function to implemente it specially.

It might start to make sense once there is at least one additional arch
that supports kaslr. Currently, I don't see a benefit.

Why are you so obstinate about this? I personally don't find that
important at all; it's something that can always be sorted out once more
archs start supporting kaslr.

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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