diff -u --recursive linux/CREDITS linux~/CREDITS
--- linux/CREDITS	Tue Aug  1 12:04:31 2000
+++ linux~/CREDITS	Tue Aug  1 11:45:16 2000
@@ -1226,6 +1226,12 @@
 S: University of Stuttgart, Germany and
 S: Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Paris
 
+N: Robert M. Love
+E: rml@tech9.net
+E: rml@ufl.edu
+D: misc. kernel hacking and debugging
+S: FL, USA
+
 N: Martin von Löwis
 E: loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de
 D: script binary format

diff -u --recursive linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c linux~/fs/binfmt_elf.c
--- linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c	Wed Jun  7 17:26:43 2000
+++ linux~/fs/binfmt_elf.c	Tue Aug  1 11:49:50 2000
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
 			retval = permission(interpreter_dentry->d_inode, MAY_EXEC);
 			if (retval < 0)
 				goto out_free_dentry;
-			retval = read_exec(interpreter_dentry, 0, bprm->buf, 128, 1);
+			retval = read_exec(interpreter_dentry, 0, bprm->buf, BINPRM_BUF_SIZE, 1);
 			if (retval < 0)
 				goto out_free_dentry;
 
diff -u --recursive linux/fs/binfmt_misc.c linux~/fs/binfmt_misc.c
--- linux/fs/binfmt_misc.c	Sat Jan  2 20:55:06 1999
+++ linux~/fs/binfmt_misc.c	Tue Aug  1 11:52:20 2000
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 {
 	struct binfmt_entry *fmt;
 	struct dentry * dentry;
-	char iname[128];
+	char iname[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
 	char *iname_addr = iname;
 	int retval;

@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
 	read_lock(&entries_lock);
 	fmt = check_file(bprm);
 	if (fmt) {
-		strncpy(iname, fmt->interpreter, 127);
-		iname[127] = '\0';
+		strncpy(iname, fmt->interpreter, BINPRM_BUF_SIZE - 1);
+		iname[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
 	}
 	read_unlock(&entries_lock);
 	if (!fmt)
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@

 	/* more sanity checks */
 	if (err || !(!cnt || (!(--cnt) && (*sp == '\n'))) ||
-	    (e->size < 1) || ((e->size + e->offset) > 127) ||
+	    (e->size < 1) || ((e->size + e->offset) > (BINPRM_BUF_SIZE - 1)) ||
 	    !(e->proc_name) || !(e->interpreter) || entry_proc_setup(e))
 		goto free_err;

diff -u --recursive linux/fs/binfmt_script.c linux~/fs/binfmt_script.c
--- linux/fs/binfmt_script.c	Thu Aug 20 17:32:48 1998
+++ linux~/fs/binfmt_script.c	Tue Aug  1 11:55:46 2000
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 {
 	char *cp, *i_name, *i_name_start, *i_arg;
 	struct dentry * dentry;
-	char interp[128];
+	char interp[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
 	int retval;
 
 	if ((bprm->buf[0] != '#') || (bprm->buf[1] != '!') || (bprm->sh_bang)) 
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 	dput(bprm->dentry);
 	bprm->dentry = NULL;
 
-	bprm->buf[127] = '\0';
+	bprm->buf[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
 	if ((cp = strchr(bprm->buf, '\n')) == NULL)
-		cp = bprm->buf+127;
+		cp = bprm->buf+BINPRM_BUF_SIZE-1;
 	*cp = '\0';
 	while (cp > bprm->buf) {
 		cp--;

diff -u --recursive linux/fs/exec.c linux~/fs/exec.c
--- linux/fs/exec.c	Wed Jun  7 17:26:43 2000
+++ linux~/fs/exec.c	Tue Aug  1 11:56:36 2000
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 
 /* 
  * Fill the binprm structure from the inode. 
- * Check permissions, then read the first 512 bytes
+ * Check permissions, then read the first 128 (BINPRM_BUF_SIZE) bytes
  */
 int prepare_binprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 {
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
 	}
 
 	memset(bprm->buf,0,sizeof(bprm->buf));
-	return read_exec(bprm->dentry,0,bprm->buf,128,1);
+	return read_exec(bprm->dentry,0,bprm->buf,BINPRM_BUF_SIZE,1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -824,14 +824,14 @@
 	int retval;
 	int i;
 
-	bprm.p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
-	for (i=0 ; i<MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++)	/* clear page-table */
-		bprm.page[i] = 0;
-
 	dentry = open_namei(filename, 0, 0);
 	retval = PTR_ERR(dentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(dentry))
 		return retval;
+
+	bprm.p = PAGE_SIZE*MAX_ARG_PAGES-sizeof(void *);
+	for (i=0 ; i<MAX_ARG_PAGES ; i++)	/* clear page-table */
+		bprm.page[i] = 0;
 
 	bprm.dentry = dentry;
 	bprm.filename = filename;

diff -u --recursive linux/include/linux/binfmts.h linux~/include/linux/binfmts.h
--- linux/include/linux/binfmts.h	Mon Aug  9 15:04:41 1999
+++ linux~/include/linux/binfmts.h	Tue Aug  1 11:58:30 2000
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@
  */
 #define MAX_ARG_PAGES 32
 
+/* sizeof(linux_binprm->buf) */
+#define BINPRM_BUF_SIZE 128
+
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 /*
  * This structure is used to hold the arguments that are used when loading binaries.
  */
 struct linux_binprm{
-	char buf[128];
+	char buf[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
 	unsigned long page[MAX_ARG_PAGES];
 	unsigned long p;
 	int sh_bang;