On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 2:01 PM, H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com> wrote: > On 12/09/2013 01:59 PM, H.J. Lu wrote: >> >> A Linux/x86-64 user came to me at the end of 2008. He needed >> to load an executable above 4GB. I added -Ttext-segment option >> to linker: >> >> https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-01/msg00173.html >> >> so that he could load his program compiled as PIE above 4GB. >> If kernel is changed not to honor it, his program won't work any more. >> In normal case, PIE has zero vaddr and this doesn't apply. >> > > That doesn't seem to be PIE at all, and if it is PIE, then it should be > relocatable (I agree btw with randomizing upward from the selected address.) >
Kernel can consider PIE with non-zero vaddr isn't real PIE. -- H.J. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
