>>> On 26.02.18 at 20:01, wrote:
>> Putting all init-time code and data in a single section is a perfectly
>> valid thing to do imo.
>
> Having our debug symbols borderline unusable, isn't valid.
>
> Certainly not to work around what you yourself identify as a theoretical
> issue in the first pl
On 12/01/18 16:05, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 12.01.18 at 16:41, wrote:
>> On 12/01/18 11:23, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Even it you make .init.data its own section again, some
>>> garbage will remain (mainly due to the trampoline data).
>> That is far easier to spot an isolate, because it is tiny and
>>> On 12.01.18 at 16:41, wrote:
> On 12/01/18 11:23, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Even it you make .init.data its own section again, some
>> garbage will remain (mainly due to the trampoline data).
>
> That is far easier to spot an isolate, because it is tiny and reasonably
> obviously bounded.
Well,
On 12/01/18 11:23, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 11.01.18 at 15:17, wrote:
>> c/s 1308f0170c merged .init.text and .init.data, because EFI might properly
>> write-protect r/o sections.
>>
>> However, this change makes xen-syms unusable for disassembly analysis. In
>> particular, searching for indire
>>> On 11.01.18 at 15:17, wrote:
> c/s 1308f0170c merged .init.text and .init.data, because EFI might properly
> write-protect r/o sections.
>
> However, this change makes xen-syms unusable for disassembly analysis. In
> particular, searching for indirect branches as part of the SP2/Spectre
> mi
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 03:06:37PM +, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 11/01/18 14:58, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 02:17:57PM +, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> >> c/s 1308f0170c merged .init.text and .init.data, because EFI might properly
> >> write-protect r/o sections.
> >>
On 11/01/18 14:58, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 02:17:57PM +, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> c/s 1308f0170c merged .init.text and .init.data, because EFI might properly
>> write-protect r/o sections.
>>
>> However, this change makes xen-syms unusable for disassembly analysis.
On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 02:17:57PM +, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> c/s 1308f0170c merged .init.text and .init.data, because EFI might properly
> write-protect r/o sections.
>
> However, this change makes xen-syms unusable for disassembly analysis. In
s/this makes/that made/
> particular, searching
