On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:49 PM, H. Peter Anvin <h...@zytor.com> wrote: >> >>> PT_LOAD being non-zero causing randomization to be turned off seems like >>> quite unexpected behavior to me, with a great potential to cause a lot of >>> confusion. >> >> There should be no difference between dynamic executable and PIE >> with non-zero vaddr when choosing where to load them. >> > > Why is that? It would seem to be a big difference between a relocatable > binary (PIE) and one with a load address fixed at link time. >
PIE with non-zero vaddr should be loaded at non-zero vaddr. Otherwise, PIE may not work as expected. -- H.J. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/