On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:51 PM Randy Dunlap <rdun...@infradead.org> wrote: > > On 06/25/18 15:39, Thomas Garnier wrote: > > Adapt module loading to support PIE relocations. Generate dynamic GOT if > > a symbol requires it but no entry exists in the kernel GOT. > > Hi, > > This patch description (and a few others with the same sentence) is a little > confusing to me: > > > Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to extend the > > KASLR randomization range 0xffffffff80000000. > > Is there a word missing after "range"? May "below"? > As is, it seems to imply "range by 0xffffffff80000000."
Yes, below. I will fix this on all patch descriptions on next iteration. Thanks! > > > thanks. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgar...@google.com> > > --- > > arch/x86/Makefile | 4 + > > arch/x86/include/asm/module.h | 11 ++ > > arch/x86/include/asm/sections.h | 4 + > > arch/x86/kernel/module.c | 181 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > arch/x86/kernel/module.lds | 3 + > > 5 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/module.lds > > > -- > ~Randy -- Thomas
