On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:08:31 +0200
Franck Bui-Huu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> and recently mips do that. Here is the code taken from exec.c which
> calls it:
>
> int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
> unsigned long stack_top,
> int executable_stack)
> {
> [...]
>
> stack_top = arch_align_stack(stack_top);
> stack_top = PAGE_ALIGN(stack_top);
>
> [...]
> }
>
> Since PAGE_ALIGN() is called right after arch_align_stack(), it seems
> to me that the call to the latter function is useless...
>
> Am I missing something ?
arch_align_stack aligns, on x86, within a 2 page range (this is for
cache coloring). The other thing you missed is that arch_align_stack()
is called in 2 locations, binfmt_elf.c is the primary location for
inside-the-page randomization.
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