Re: 2.6.11-rc3: Kylix application no longer works?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> I wonder if reverting the patch will restore the old behaviour?

This seems to be minimal fix to get Kylix application back to the
working state... Maybe it is good idea for 2.6.11?

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
								Pavel

--- clean/fs/binfmt_elf.c	2005-02-03 22:27:19.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c	2005-02-08 18:46:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -803,11 +803,8 @@
 				nbyte = ELF_MIN_ALIGN - nbyte;
 				if (nbyte > elf_brk - elf_bss)
 					nbyte = elf_brk - elf_bss;
-				if (clear_user((void __user *) elf_bss + load_bias, nbyte)) {
-					retval = -EFAULT;
-					send_sig(SIGKILL, current, 0);
-					goto out_free_dentry;
-				}
+				if (clear_user((void __user *) elf_bss + load_bias, nbyte))
+					printk(KERN_ERR "Error clearing BSS, wrong ELF executable? (Kylix?!)\n");
 			}
 		}
 

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