From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18738 invoked by alias); 7 Oct 2011 12:08:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 18723 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Oct 2011 12:08:01 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtagate2.uk.ibm.com (HELO mtagate2.uk.ibm.com) (194.196.100.162) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:07:44 +0000 Received: from d06nrmr1307.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06nrmr1307.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.38.129]) by mtagate2.uk.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p97C7ggw001801 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:07:42 GMT Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com [9.149.37.228]) by d06nrmr1307.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id p97C7gx22154750 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:07:42 +0100 Received: from d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id p97C7fWq012097 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 06:07:42 -0600 Received: from tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com (tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com [9.152.85.9]) by d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVin) with SMTP id p97C7erS012080; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 06:07:40 -0600 Message-Id: <201110071207.p97C7erS012080@d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com> Received: by tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:07:40 +0200 Subject: Re: [rfc v2, rfa-doc] Disable address space randomization with remote targets To: eliz@gnu.org Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:08:00 -0000 From: "Ulrich Weigand" Cc: pedro@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, patches@linaro.org In-Reply-To: <83y5wzgtxz.fsf@gnu.org> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Oct 05, 2011 08:43:52 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-10/txt/msg00193.txt.bz2 Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:32:56 +0200 (CEST) > > From: "Ulrich Weigand" > > 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. I've made those changes, thanks! Bye, Ulrich -- Dr. Ulrich Weigand GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com