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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:57:09 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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Subject: Re: x86: PIE support and option to extend KASLR randomization
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:38 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> We lose EBX on 32 bits, but we don't lose RBX on 64 bits - since x86-64
> has RIP-relative addressing there is no need for a dedicated PIC register.
FWIW, since gcc 5, the PIC register isn't totally lost. It is now
reusable, and that seems to have improved performance:
https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html
-Kees
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Kees Cook
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