On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 07:13:17AM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote: > The 10/22/2020 10:31, Catalin Marinas wrote: > > IIUC, the problem is with the main executable which is mapped by the > > kernel without PROT_BTI. The dynamic loader wants to set PROT_BTI but > > does not have the original file descriptor to be able to remap. Its only > > choice is mprotect() and this fails because of the MDWX policy. > > > > Not sure whether the kernel has the right information but could it map > > the main executable with PROT_BTI if the corresponding PT_GNU_PROPERTY > > is found? The current ABI states it only sets PROT_BTI for the > > interpreter who'd be responsible for setting the PROT_BTI on the main > > executable. I can't tell whether it would break anything but it's worth > > a try: > > i think it would work, but now i can't easily > tell from the libc if i have to do the mprotect > on the main exe or not. > > i guess i can just always mprotect and ignore > the failure?
I replied to Keys before reading your email. So yeah, still issue mprotect() but ignore the failure. -- Catalin
