On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:24:08AM -0800, Thomas Garnier wrote: > Change the assembly code to use only relative references of symbols for the > kernel to be PIE compatible. > > Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to extend the > KASLR randomization range below 0xffffffff80000000. This sentence is auto-sprinkled in a bunch of commit messages. Sounds to me it should be rather somewhere in the 0/n message as a justification for the feature but not in every other commit message...? -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.