linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

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Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:03:57 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Hector Marco Gisbert <hecmargi@....es>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ismael Ripoll <iripoll@....es>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux MIPS Mailing List <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:38:15 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Does that __weak trick even work?

Nope.

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix-fix
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2307,10 +2307,10 @@ unsigned long __weak mmap_rnd(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Not all architectures use randomize_et_dyn(), so use __weak to let the
- * linker omit it from vmlinux
+ * Not all architectures use randomize_et_dyn(), but there doesn't seem to be
+ * a compile-time way of avoiding its generation.
  */
-unsigned long __weak randomize_et_dyn(unsigned long base)
+unsigned long randomize_et_dyn(unsigned long base)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
 
_

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