Re: [PATCH v3 09/27] x86/acpi: Adapt assembly for PIE support

Pavel Machek
2018-05-29T12:31:14Z

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On Fri 2018-05-25 10:00:04, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 2:14 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
>
> > On Thu 2018-05-24 09:35:42, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 4:03 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed 2018-05-23 12:54:03, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> > > > > Change the assembly code to use only relative references of symbols
> for
> > > the
> > > > > kernel to be PIE compatible.
> > > > >
> > > > > Position Independent Executable (PIE) support will allow to
> extended the
> > > > > KASLR randomization range below the -2G memory limit.
> > >
> > > > What testing did this get?
> > >
> > > Tested boot, hibernation and performance on qemu and dedicated machine.
>
> > Well, this is suspend, not hibernation code.
>
> > So "sudo pm-suspend" or "echo mem > /sys/power/state" would be good
> > way to test this.
>
> Thanks, it worked. I added this to the testsuite I use for KASLR.

Thanks!

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Pavel

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