On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Arjan van de Ven <ar...@linux.intel.com> wrote: >> Arjan, or other folks, can you remember why x86_32 disabled mmap >> randomization here? There doesn't seem to be a good reason for it that >> I see. > > > for unlimited stack it got really messy with threaded apps.
Seems like it'd only cause problems for really really giant processes? (I think it's telling that the other 32-bit archs don't disable ASLR in this case...) > anyway, I don't mind seeing if this will indeed work, with time running out > where 32 bit is going extinct... in a few years we just won't have enough > testing on this kind of change anymore. Sounds good. Ingo, can you pull this in and we can try it for -next? -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS & Brillo Security