On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 4:46 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 04:09:38PM -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. > > FFS, how many times do we have to talk about this auto-sprinkled > sentence?! > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190805163202.GD18785@xxxxxxx In the last discussion, we mentioned Ingo (and other people) asked us to include more information for context. I don't care about having it or not, just want to ensure people understand why the change is made. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
