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Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 14:29:39 +1000
From: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To: Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Don't fortify prom_init
On 22/05/17 11:32, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> prom_init is a bit special; in theory it should be able to be
> linked separately to the kernel. To keep this from getting too
> complex, the symbols that prom_init.c uses are checked.
>
> Fortification adds symbols, and it gets quite messy as it includes
> things like panic(). So just don't fortify prom_init.c for now.
>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
--
Andrew Donnellan OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com IBM Australia Limited
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