linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] Add /sys/kernel/notes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <46956E63.5090607@goop.org>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:57:23 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...b.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] Add /sys/kernel/notes

Roland McGrath wrote:
> This patch adds the /sys/kernel/notes magic file.  Reading this delivers
> the contents of the kernel's .notes section.  This lets userland easily
> glean any detailed information about the running kernel's build that was
> stored there at compile time.
>   

Is .notes an allocated section?  I didn't think it necessarily appeared 
in any of the PT_LOAD segments, because the linux/elfnote.h macros don't 
necessarily set "a" on the section.

I have a patch to always do this, and also convert all the note 
generation to C code rather than asm.  If your patch works for you, 
however, it should be completely orthogonal.

    J
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/