[PATCH] PT_GNU_STACK

[H. J. Lu]

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.