[FE training-materials-updates] Boot time slides: prelink details

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Tue Dec 31 08:03:07 CET 2013


Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git

On branch  : master
Link       : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=4d53be61d13de9754585272084e0a8f1d12a3538

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commit 4d53be61d13de9754585272084e0a8f1d12a3538
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Tue Dec 31 04:49:09 2013 +0100

    Boot time slides: prelink details
    
    - Also case improvements
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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4d53be61d13de9754585272084e0a8f1d12a3538
 .../boottime-application/boottime-application.tex  |   19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/boottime-application/boottime-application.tex b/slides/boottime-application/boottime-application.tex
index 73dea1b..3374e87 100644
--- a/slides/boottime-application/boottime-application.tex
+++ b/slides/boottime-application/boottime-application.tex
@@ -257,15 +257,16 @@ See \url{http://blogs.linux.ie/caolan/2007/04/24/controlling-symbol-ordering/}
 \begin{frame}
 \frametitle{Prelink}
 \begin{itemize}
-	\item prelinking reduces the time needed to start an executable
-	\item it is extensively used on android
-	\item it has to be configured to know which libraries needs to be
-		prelinked and will assign a fixed address for each available
-		symbol thus removing the need to relocate symbols when starting
-		an executable.
-	\item be careful of security implications!
-	\item code and paper at
-		\url{http://people.redhat.com/jakub/prelink/}
+\item Prelinking reduces the time needed to start an executable
+\item It is extensively used on Android
+\item It has to be configured to know which libraries needs to be
+      prelinked and will assign a fixed address for each available
+      symbol thus removing the need to relocate symbols when starting
+      an executable.
+\item Be careful of security implications, as executable code is
+      always loaded at the same address.
+\item Code and paper at
+      \url{http://people.redhat.com/jakub/prelink/}
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 



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