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

[Daniel Drake]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> I wonder if reverting the patch will restore the old behaviour?
>
> # This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
> #
> # ChangeSet
> #   2005/01/21 13:42:18-08:00 davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> #   Merge nuts.davemloft.net:/disk1/BK/sparcwork-2.6
> #   into nuts.davemloft.net:/disk1/BK/sparc-2.6
> # 
> # fs/binfmt_elf.c
> #   2005/01/21 13:42:06-08:00 davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +0 -0
> #   Auto merged
> # 
> # ChangeSet
> #   2005/01/17 13:38:38-08:00 ecd@xxxxxxxxx 
> #   [SPARC64]: Missing user access return value checks in fs/binfmt_elf.c and fs/compat.c
> #   
> #   Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> # 
> # fs/compat_ioctl.c
> #   2005/01/17 13:37:56-08:00 ecd@xxxxxxxxx +12 -5
> #   [SPARC64]: Missing user access return value checks in fs/binfmt_elf.c and fs/compat.c
> # 
> # fs/binfmt_elf.c
> #   2005/01/17 13:37:56-08:00 ecd@xxxxxxxxx +43 -19
> #   [SPARC64]: Missing user access return value checks in fs/binfmt_elf.c and fs/compat.c
> # 

I think so. For a short period we applied this patch to the Gentoo 2.6.10 
kernel...

http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/gentoo-dev-sources/release-10.01/dist/1900_umem_catch.patch

...but removed it once users complained it stopped kylix binaries from running.

Daniel
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