Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] add support for relative references in jump tables

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Sep 13 2018 - 17:40:19 EST


On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 1:50 AM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4 July 2018 at 09:59, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 08:11:37PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>> This series implements support for emitting the data structures associated
>>> with jump tables as 32-bit relative references instead of absolute
>>> references, which take up more space on builds that target 64-bit
>>> architectures, or implement self relocation [or both].
>>>
>>> This series enables it for arm64 and x86, although other architectures
>>> might benefit as well.
>>
>> Hello Ard,
>>
>> feel free to add the patch below which adds support for s390 to your series.
>>
>
> Thanks, I will incorporate it into v3 and beyond.

Just a quick status check! :) What're your plans for this series? I'd
still love to see it.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security