PSA: GCC 5 has much less overhead for position-independent code on x86-32; PIC no longer permanently burns a register. Good for hardening.
.@josh_triplett Oooh! What's the secret to maintaining Position Independence without burning a register?
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@kees_cook Still uses a register, but the register allocator can dynamically allocate and reuse it. See https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/changes.html … - 1 more reply
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@kees_cook@josh_triplett Two things come to mind. 1) something awesome is happening 2) we broke PIE. I hope it's #1Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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