From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: can we make anonymous memory non-EXECUTABLE?
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 18:52:13 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C3BB05D.1040501@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0201090049390.2985-100000@imladris.surriel.com>
Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 8 Jan 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>
>>One way to do this would be to create a newbrk() syscall which takes a
>>permission argument (for new pages.)
>>
>
> ITYM mmap(2)
>
That's an idea, too. WTF do we actually need brk() for? If it's only
there to be annoying, let's get rid of it completely and let the C
library implement it -- stating its assumptions explicitly.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-09 2:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-08 0:25 can we make anonymous memory non-EXECUTABLE? David Mosberger
2002-01-08 6:02 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-08 19:12 ` David Mosberger
2002-01-08 19:32 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2002-01-09 2:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-09 2:49 ` Rik van Riel
2002-01-09 2:52 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-01-09 11:32 ` Rob Landley
2002-01-09 19:47 ` Doug McNaught
2002-01-09 3:11 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-09 9:40 ` Erik Andersen
2002-01-08 13:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-08 19:15 ` [Linux-ia64] " David Mosberger
2002-01-11 5:49 ` David Mosberger
2002-01-10 1:04 ` Paul Mackerras
2002-01-10 3:40 ` David Mosberger
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