On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 13:50 -0500, John Richard Moser wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >>As I understand, PT_GNU_STACK uses a single marking to control whether a > >>task gets an executable stack and whether ASLR is applied to the > >>executable. > > > > > > you understand wrongly. > > > > PT_GNU_STACK just sets the exec permission for the stack (and the heap > > now mirrors the stack). Nothing more nothing less. > > > > So then this would be slightly more useful than I had previously > thought, bringing control over the randomization as well?
actually Linus was really against adding non-related things to this flag. And I think he is right... Now.. do you have any examples of when you want a binary marked for no- randomisation ?? (eg something the setarch flag won't fix/won't be good enough for) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
