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Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 11:22:04 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/11] x86: PIE support to extend KASLR randomization

On 2020-03-04 11:19, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>>
>> The huge memory model, required for arbitrary placement, has a very
>> significant performance impact.
> 
> I assume you mean mcmodel=large, it doesn't use it. It uses -fPIE and
> removes -mcmodel=kernel. It favors relative references whenever
> possible.
> 

I know... this was in reference to a comment of Kees'.

	-hpa

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