linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

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Message-ID: <20140128201536.GB5178@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:15:36 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Cong Ding <dinggnu@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
	Michael Davidson <md@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:07:26PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > I really meant it when I said I build without debuginfo! :)
> 
> Ok, but so what?
> 
> As mentioned, nobody sane should build with DEBUG_INFO.

Shouldn't we hold that down in the Kconfig help text of DEBUG_INFO?
Something like:

"You don't need to enable this if you want symbolic names for kernel
objects. Enable CONFIG_KALLSYMS instead."

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Sent from a fat crate under my desk. Formatting is fine.
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