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

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:51:06 +0100
Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:

> 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");

do once or rate limit rather than log spamming.

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Stephen Hemminger	<shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
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