GNU bug report logs - #23529
Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:02 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed

Merged with 13964

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #86 received at 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com, 23529 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23529: Request for fixing randomize_va_space build issues
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 09:12:24 +0200

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> Although Emacs can do this sort of work itself (e.g., randomizing
> locations of dumped objects, munging pointers as they come in to match the
> random locations, and using mmap to make the relevant objects const), it
> should be better for Emacs to use the linking technology already available
> on modern platforms, rather than trying to reinvent the wheel.
>

I agree.

Would that also avoid having to require special privileges when building?
e.g the "personality" syscall.

Philippe

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