On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 1:55 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 09:02:15PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 04:00:45PM -0800, Thomas Garnier wrote: > > > Minor changes based on feedback and rebase from v10. > > > > > > Splitting the previous serie in two. This part contains assembly code > > > changes required for PIE but without any direct dependencies with the > > > rest of the patchset. > > > > > > Note: Using objtool to detect non-compliant PIE relocations is not yet > > > possible as this patchset only includes the simplest PIE changes. > > > Additional changes are needed in kvm, xen and percpu code. > > > > > > Changes: > > > - patch v11 (assembly); > > > - Fix comments on x86/entry/64. > > > - Remove KASLR PIE explanation on all commits. > > > - Add note on objtool not being possible at this stage of the patchset. > > > > This moves us closer to PIE in a clean first step. I think these patches > > look good to go, and unblock the work in kvm, xen, and percpu code. Can > > one of the x86 maintainers pick this series up? > > But,... do we still need this in the light of that fine-grained kaslr > stuff? > > What is the actual value of this PIE crud in the face of that? If I remember well, it makes it easier/better but I haven't seen a recent update on that. Is that accurate Kees? _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
