Re: [PATCH] x86: Unify mmap_{32|64}.c

From: Harvey Harrison
Date: Tue Dec 11 2007 - 14:11:29 EST


On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 15:08 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > hm, it fails to boot on Fedora 8:
> > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 296k freed
> > > Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1500k
> > > mount[623]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bf9a1b94 error 6
> > > modprobe[625]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bffd9994 error 6
> > > consoletype[629]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bfb6ad14 error 6
> > > awk[632]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bffe68c4 error 6
> > > fstab-decode[633]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bff1c8c4 error 6
> > > setsysfont[634]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bfdd0f74 error 6
> > > hwclock[637]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bf963304 error 6
> > > touch[642]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bf98cb34 error 6
> > > modprobe[651]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bfbc0564 error 6
> > > rhgb-client[654]: segfault at 0000000b ip 4d681ab6 sp bfe9c024 error 6
> >
> > Ingo,
> >
> > just for clarification -- this happens with Harvery's merged code
> > (haven't looked at it yet), but not with the original code, do I
> > understand it correctly?
>
> yeah, correct - your original randomization code is fine.

Odd, this was supposed to be just code movement, on it now.

Harvey

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