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Diffstat (limited to 'Mk/Features/pie.mk')
| -rw-r--r-- | Mk/Features/pie.mk | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Mk/Features/pie.mk b/Mk/Features/pie.mk index 06174b403c31..7ecefa9eb611 100644 --- a/Mk/Features/pie.mk +++ b/Mk/Features/pie.mk @@ -1,4 +1,13 @@ # PIE Support +# +# Produce a Position-Independent Executable (PIE) instead of a “normal” +# fixed‐address ELF. +# A PIE is an executable whose code sections are compiled and linked so that, +# at runtime, they can be loaded at any base address in memory. +# +# Because it can be loaded at unpredictable addresses, PIE enables full Address +# Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) for your main executable—making certain +# classes of memory‐corruption exploits much harder. .if !defined(_PIE_MK_INCLUDED) _PIE_MK_INCLUDED= yes |