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Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:48:30 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
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On 12/11/2015 04:31 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:

there are people right now
depending on this security margin to be Y, so a glibc upgrade should
not silently remove that.

+1. Caution is advisable here. Distributions that prefer theperformance uptick to more-robust ASLR defense can change the default.

References:
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Andi Kleen
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Andi Kleen
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Jeff Law
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Andi Kleen
- Re: [PATCH] Add Prefer_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for Silvermont
  - From: Zack Weinberg

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