linux-kernel - Re: powerpc: Fix Text randomization

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:20:50 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Vineeth Vijayan <vvijayan@...sta.com>
Cc:	benh@...nel.crashing.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: powerpc: Fix Text randomization

On Fri, 2014-11-14 at 11:03 +0530, Vineeth Vijayan wrote:
> ping !
> 
> any update on this ? As i understand, only powerpc and s390 uses the
> randomize_et_dyn call; for all other architecture this is an obsolete
> function call.

I asked:

> >> I'm not clear on what has changed to break this?

And you didn't tell me.

> this call for another patch where randomize_et_dyn is removed.

Patches welcome :)

cheers


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