Re: [PATCH] task_struct colouring ...

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:58:36 +0000 (GMT)

> > movl %esp, %eax
> > andl $-8192, %eax
> > movl (%eax), %eax
>
> This seems to confuddle the idea of colouring the kernel stack.

It means you cant offset the stacks but doesnt mean you can't jitter them.
If you pull the task out of the stack top you have another 1K or so free
to use to vary the initial %esp
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