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

Thomas Garnier
2018-05-29T15:55:34Z

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:31 AM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:

> 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!

> You can add my Acked-by:.

Will do. Thanks for the review.

> Pavel

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