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RE: Debugging MIPS PIE executables


Hi Matthew,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Fortune [mailto:Matthew.Fortune@imgtec.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:10 AM
> To: Felix Radensky; binutils@sourceware.org
> Subject: RE: Debugging MIPS PIE executables
> 
> Hi Felix,
> 
> Felix Radensky <felix.radensky@broadcom.com> writes:
> > I was wondering if any progress was made to resolve the problem
> > discussed in the following threads:
> >
> > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2013-06/msg00183.html
> > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-10/msg00200.html
> >
> > Are there any experimental patches for binutils/gdb/glibc that I can
> > try ? PIE executables are must in many security-conscious projects,
> > and the lack of ability to debug them is a serious problem.
> 
> This request has come up a few times again recently and I am hoping to submit
> patches for this in the coming week. I still have not managed to build a PIE
> version of glibc which is a bit of a blocker. I'm currently trying to use HJ's recent
> patches to support PIE by default from GCC but now have link assertions in glibc
> instead of reloc failures.
> 
> I have binutils and gdb patches that have been used with bionic but they still
> need some cleaning up.

Thanks a lot for a prompt reply. I'm looking forward to test your patches.

Felix.


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