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Message-ID: <CAMj1kXFLJcfUqEoz0NAb49=XJG=5LAwEPSwCQ-y7sN31C1U6AQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Dec 2021 11:03:35 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Alexander Lobakin <alexandr.lobakin@...el.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/14] kallsyms: Hide layout

On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 at 11:01, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 11:32:07PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> > From: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@...ux.intel.com>
> >
> > This patch makes /proc/kallsyms display in a random order, rather
> > than sorted by address in order to hide the newly randomized address
> > layout.
>
> Is there a reason to not always do this? That is, why are we keeping two
> copies of this code around? Less code is more better etc..

+1.

IIRC I made the exact same point when this patch was sent out by
Kristen a while ago.

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