Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:11:43 -0700 | From | Kees Cook <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 01/29] powerpc: Rename "notes" PT_NOTE to "note" |
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 03:25:19AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 05:05:41PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > The Program Header identifiers are internal to the linker scripts. In > > preparation for moving the NOTES segment declaration into RO_DATA, > > standardize the identifier for the PT_NOTE entry to "note" as used by > > all other architectures that emit PT_NOTE. > > All other archs are wrong, and "notes" is a much better name. This > segment does not contain a single "note", but multiple "notes".
True, but the naming appears to be based off the Program Header name of "PT_NOTE". Regardless, it is an entirely internal-to-the-linker-script identifier, so I am just consolidating on a common name with the least number of collateral changes.
-- Kees Cook
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