From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21557 invoked by alias); 7 Dec 2009 22:07:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 21547 invoked by uid 22791); 7 Dec 2009 22:07:09 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com) (65.115.85.69) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:07:03 +0000 Received: from mailhost3.vmware.com (mailhost3.vmware.com [10.16.27.45]) by smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3069F13D8B; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:07:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.20.94.141] (msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com [10.20.94.141]) by mailhost3.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B1DCD91F; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:07:00 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B1D7C69.70409@vmware.com> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:07:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20090624) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "tromey@redhat.com" CC: Joel Brobecker , "gdb@sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Red Hat PIE patch References: <4B1A9FA4.7000001@vmware.com> <20091205193211.GK2903@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-12/txt/msg00044.txt.bz2 Tom Tromey wrote: >>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker writes: > >>> Does anyone know anything about a "Red Hat PIE patch" >>> for position independent executables? Has it been merged? >>> If not, where can I find the most recent version? > > Joel> Jan re-submitted a series recently, and Tom reviewed most if not > Joel> all of them. You should be able to find the relevant messages > Joel> in the Nov archives. > > I have not yet reviewed numbers 9, 12, and 14. These touched on things > that I am less familiar with. I hope to get to them, but if someone > else wants to take a look, that is fine with me. Just FYI, I've applied the patches and done basic "aliveness" testing. They do seem to work for me, and I will be doing more with them so I may have further testing words later.