Re: [PATCH] i386 and x86_64: randomize brk()

On 8/30/07, Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>
>
> i386 and x86_64: randomize brk()
>
> This patch randomizes the location of the heap (brk) for i386 and x86_64.
> The range is randomized in the range starting at current brk location up
> to 0x02000000 offset for both architectures. This, together with
> pie-executable-randomization.patch and
> pie-executable-randomization-fix.patch, should make the address space
> randomization on i386 and x86_64 complete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]>

does it really make sense to stick stubs into no-mmu ports which
cannot utilize the ELF binfmt ?
-mike
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