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Re: [PATCH] PT_GNU_STACK

From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
Cc: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>,Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 09:58:08 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PT_GNU_STACK
References: <20030524103021.GL16629@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <3ED28DB7.7080900@redhat.com> <m3r86hybna.fsf@redhat.com>

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 05:12:57PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> 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 ?
> 

Please noted that. I'd like to propose a generic note section to
describe unique properties of a relocatable file:

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2003-05/msg00750.html

The executable stack is just one of those things.

H.J.

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