Re: [PATCH] Add native windows on arm64 support

From: Niyas Sait <niyas(dot)sait(at)linaro(dot)org>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add native windows on arm64 support
Date: 2022-07-14 08:36:13
Message-ID: CAFPTBD_zcrXZihjbyUENiMLkx8JH+FrSEGFr0E0ZX4VKnmoj4w@mail.gmail.com
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Hello,

Please find a new patch (no further changes) rebased on top of the master.

On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 02:02, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:

> On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 12:44:22PM +0100, Niyas Sait wrote:
> > Microsoft updated documentation [1] and clarified that ASLR cannot be
> > disabled for Arm64 targets.
> >
> > Because ASLR can't be disabled on ARM, ARM64, or ARM64EC architectures,
> > > /DYNAMICBASE:NO isn't supported for these targets.
>
> Better than nothing, I guess, though this does not stand as a reason
> explaining why this choice has been made. And it looks like we will
> never know. We are going to need more advanced testing to check that
> DYNAMICBASE is stable enough if we begin to enable it. Perhaps we
> should really look at that for all the build targets we currently
> support rather than just ARM, for the most modern Win32 environments
> if we are going to cut support for most of the oldest releases..
> --
> Michael
>

--
Niyas Sait
Linaro Limited

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