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Re: ia64 exec stack (Was: Re: ppc64 exec stack)
- From: Jim Wilson <wilson at specifix dot com>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:20:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: ia64 exec stack (Was: Re: ppc64 exec stack)
- References: <20070219130205.GI15561@bubble.grove.modra.org> <jemz3akypw.fsf@sykes.suse.de> <jevehyja2d.fsf_-_@sykes.suse.de>
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:07 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > IMHO that would also make sense on ia64, which is non-exec stack by
> > default as well.
True, but the patch doesn't seem to gain us anything, since Alan was
fixing a ppc64 specific problem that won't occur on IA-64. But, on the
other hand, it certainly doesn't hurt to do this, and may help in the
future, so we may as well do it, if only for documentation.
> * elfxx-ia64.c (elf_backend_default_execstack): Define to 0.
OK.
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Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.specifix.com