kernel-hardening - Re: [RFC] x86, mm: start mmap allocation for libs from low addresses

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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:17:30 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] x86, mm: start mmap allocation for libs from low
 addresses

Hi Ingo, Peter, Thomas,

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 13:05 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote:
> As the changes are not intrusive, we'd want to see this feature in the
> upstream kernel.  If you know why the patch cannot be a part of the
> upstream kernel - please tell me, I'll try to address the issues.

Any comments on the RFC?  Otherwise, may I resend it as a PATCH for
inclusion?

Thanks!

-- 
Vasiliy Kulikov
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