Re: [rfc v2, rfa-doc] Disable address space randomization with remote targets

Eli Zaretskii
2011-10-05T18:44:44Z

> Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:32:56 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, jan.kratochvil@redhat.com (Jan Kratochvil), patches@linaro.org
>
> -The virtual address space randomization is implemented only on @sc{gnu}/Linux.
> -It protects the programs against some kinds of security attacks. In these
> +On targets where it is available, virtual address space randomization
> +protects the programs against some kinds of security attacks. In these
^^^^^^^^^^
"certain kinds"

> +Some target operating systems will randomize the inferior process'
> +virtual address space as a security feature, but provide a feature

It is better to say "randomize the virtual address space of the
inferior process", then you won't have the "issue" with "ss's".

> +to disable such randomization, e.g. to allow for a more deterministic
^^^^
"e.g.@:", to hint TeX not to typeset this as an end of a sentence.

The documentation part is okay with these changes.