Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/21/2014 06:03 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/21/2014 02:27 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>>> Hm, live annotation of the kernel image is a relatively new perf 
>>> feature, and KASLR predated that (by years) - which would at least in 
>>> part explain why it went unnoticed. (Although it does not excuse the 
>>> lack of testing.)
>>
>> kASLR is new, but on 32 bits we have relocated the kernel for a long 
>> time. [...]
> 
> I doubt many people develop on 32-bit x86, and the group of people 
> looking at annotated 32-bit assembly kernel profiles ought to be 
> another order of magnitude smaller than that ...
> 

Yes... I was commenting on the statement that "kASLR predated that by
years".  It hasn't been common.

	-hpa

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