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Re: [PATCH] PT_GNU_STACK

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:12:57 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PT_GNU_STACK
References: <20030524103021.GL16629@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz><3ED28DB7.7080900@redhat.com>

Hi Andrew,

> Wouldn't two note sections work better:
>
> 	if (.note.GNU-stack.rwx)
> 	  stack read-write-executable
> 	else if (.note.GNU-stack.rw)
> 	  stack read-write
> 	else
> 	  stack $KERNEL_CONFIG_VARIABLE
>
> gcc generating one or the other (all empty).

What benefit does this have over having just one note section and
checking the section's attributes ?


Cheers
        Nick

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