Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note"
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- To: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note"
- From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 03:25:19 -0500
- Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, linux-xtensa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>, Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-c6x-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 05:05:41PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> The Program Header identifiers are internal to the linker scripts. In
> preparation for moving the NOTES segment declaration into RO_DATA,
> standardize the identifier for the PT_NOTE entry to "note" as used by
> all other architectures that emit PT_NOTE.
All other archs are wrong, and "notes" is a much better name. This
segment does not contain a single "note", but multiple "notes".
Segher
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