>Without the GNU-stack section the
>linker reverts to its backwards-compatible default which is to make
>the stack executable.
Oh! That's interesting, and actually makes sense. Well, I guess
we've found a reason for the existence of the .note.GNU-stack section,
and stripping it is not as free a win today as it was 20 years ago. :)
Thanks for the investigation and the patch. Making those strips less
greedy is clearly the correct solution.
--
Laurent
Received on Fri Apr 09 2021 - 13:46:40 UTC