linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i386 and x86

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:01:59 -0400
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Jiri Kosina" <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386 and x86_64: randomize brk()

On 8/30/07, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>
> i386 and x86_64: randomize brk()
>
> This patch randomizes the location of the heap (brk) for i386 and x86_64.
> The range is randomized in the range starting at current brk location up
> to 0x02000000 offset for both architectures. This, together with
> pie-executable-randomization.patch and
> pie-executable-randomization-fix.patch, should make the address space
> randomization on i386 and x86_64 complete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>

does it really make sense to stick stubs into no-mmu ports which
cannot utilize the ELF binfmt ?
-mike
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