From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18499 invoked by alias); 5 Oct 2011 18:44:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 18470 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Oct 2011 18:44:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il (HELO mtaout22.012.net.il) (80.179.55.172) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:44:27 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0LSL00L00VYM0800@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:43:51 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.124.91.138]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0LSL00K2AW123BB0@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:43:51 +0200 (IST) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:44:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [rfc v2, rfa-doc] Disable address space randomization with remote targets In-reply-to: <201110051832.p95IWuVb029968@d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com> To: Ulrich Weigand Cc: pedro@codesourcery.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, jan.kratochvil@redhat.com, patches@linaro.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83y5wzgtxz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <201110051832.p95IWuVb029968@d06av02.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00146.txt.bz2 > 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.