linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 11/11] x86/alternatives: Adapt assembly for PIE support

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:57:01 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
Cc:     kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, kristen@...ux.intel.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 11/11] x86/alternatives: Adapt assembly for PIE support

On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 12:12:55PM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Change the assembly options to work with pointers instead of integers.

This commit message is too vague. A before/after example would make it a
lot more clear why the change is needed.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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