linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] FDPIC: Ignore the loader's PT_GNU

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:02:28 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	rgetz@...ckfin.uclinux.org, lethal@...ux-sh.org, gerg@...inux.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FDPIC: Ignore the loader's PT_GNU_STACK when calculating 
	the stack size

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 08:08, David Howells wrote:
> WARNING: This patch is slightly dangerous - it may render a system inoperable
> if the loader's stack size is larger than that of important executables, and
> the system relies unknowingly on this increasing the size of the stack.

every toolchain ive seen sets the stack size in the linker to the
default value, and the only way to change that is to manually set the
size yourself with the relevant command line option.  so it's only
going to break people who have been doing it wrong themselves --
setting the stack size to a smaller option than is acceptable.

> -       else
> +       else

this change just adds trailing whitespace ...

otherwise, just tested it and it works for me, thanks
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
-mike
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