RFR: 8173941: SA does not work if executable is DSO

[Yasumasa Suenaga]

Thanks Dmitry!

Should I send a changeset to you for JDK 9? or JDK 10?


Yasumasa


On 2017/02/10 23:41, Dmitry Samersoff wrote:
> Yasumasa,
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> Changes looks good to me.
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> I'll sponsor the push.
>
> -Dmitry
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> On 2017-02-10 17:15, Yasumasa Suenaga wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In modern Linux e.g. Fedora 25, executables are built as DSO for
>> security [1].
>> java command in OpenJDK which is provided by distribution is also DSO.
>> However, SA does not work with DSO executables.
>>
>> I uploaded a webrev:
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>>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ysuenaga/JDK-8173941/webrev.01/
>>
>> I discussed about this issue with Andrew in mail thread [2], and this
>> webrev has been reviewed by him.
>> We need one or more reviewer. Could you review it?
>>
>>
>> Currently, OpenJDK 8 in Fedora 25 is built as DSO.
>> So I want to contribute this patch to JDK 8 or later release.
>>
>> I cannot access JPRT. So I need a sponsor.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Yasumasa
>>
>>
>> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#PIE
>> [2]
>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/serviceability-dev/2017-February/020940.html
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