Re: [PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

[Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>]

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Hi Andrew,

On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:38:15 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf.c~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix fs/binfmt_elf.c
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix
> +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/personality.h>
>  #include <linux/elfcore.h>
> +#include <linux/elf-randomization.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/highuid.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> @@ -2300,6 +2301,26 @@ out:
>  
>  #endif		/* CONFIG_ELF_CORE */
>  
> +/* Not all architectures implement mmap_rnd() */
> +unsigned long __weak mmap_rnd(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Not all architectures use randomize_et_dyn(), so use __weak to let the
> + * linker omit it from vmlinux
> + */
> +unsigned long __weak randomize_et_dyn(unsigned long base)
> +{
> +	unsigned long ret;
> +
> +	if ((current->personality & ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE) ||
> +		!(current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE))
> +		return base;
> +	ret = base + mmap_rnd();
> +	return max(ret, base);
> +}
> +

Didn't we have some trouble with some compilers when the weak function
(mmap_rnd) was defined and used in the same file i.e. the wrong one was
used?

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au

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