Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf: fix PIE load with randomization disabled

[H. Peter Anvin]

> 
>> PT_LOAD being non-zero causing randomization to be turned off seems like
>> quite unexpected behavior to me, with a great potential to cause a lot of
>> confusion.
> 
> There should be no difference between dynamic executable and PIE
> with non-zero vaddr when choosing where to load them.
> 

Why is that?  It would seem to be a big difference between a relocatable
binary (PIE) and one with a load address fixed at link time.

	-hpa

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