Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:24:38 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] x86, mm: start mmap allocation for libs from low addresses |
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On 08/22/2011 03:17 AM, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: > Hi Ingo, Peter, Thomas, > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 13:05 +0400, Vasiliy Kulikov wrote: >> As the changes are not intrusive, we'd want to see this feature in the >> upstream kernel. If you know why the patch cannot be a part of the >> upstream kernel - please tell me, I'll try to address the issues. > > Any comments on the RFC? Otherwise, may I resend it as a PATCH for > inclusion? > > Thanks!
Conceptually:
I also have to admit to being somewhat skeptical to the concept on a littleendian architecture like x86.
Code-wise:
The code is horrific; it is full of open-coded magic numbers; it also puts a function called arch_get_unmapped_exec_area() in a generic file, which could best be described as "WTF" -- the arch_ prefix we use specifically to denote a per-architecture hook function.
As such, your claim that the changes are not intrusive is plain false.
-hpa
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