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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:35:25 -0800
From: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 00/11] x86: PIE support to extend KASLR randomization

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 5:35 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 04:09:37PM -0800, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> > Minor changes based on feedback and rebase from v9.
> >
> > Splitting the previous serie in two. This part contains assembly code
> > changes required for PIE but without any direct dependencies with the
> > rest of the patchset.
>
> ISTR suggestion you add an objtool pass that verifies there are no
> absolute text references left. Otherwise we'll forever be chasing that
> last one..

Correct, I have a reference in the changelog saying I will tackle in
the next patchset because we still have non-pie references in other
places but the fix is a bit more complex (for exemple per-cpu) and not
included in this phase. I will add a better explanation in the next
message for patch v11.

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