> It seems that the standard RH kernel builds (certainly 6.0, 6.1) generate
> kernels under which
> the got table size is >64k. This breaks the exception table handling in the
I build my own kernel and the .got section is < 64KB. I checked
the RH 2.2.13-0.9 kernel and the .got is >64KB.
> kernel.
> So when system calls do protected reads from user space they are not actually
> protected
> and generate oops if the user supplies bad addresses.
>
> Anyway the fix/workaround is to uncomment the -relax option in the
> arch/alpha/Makefile.
> This (in most cases) reduces the got table to be <64k and so avoids the problem.
Actually, if it is "legal" to build a kernel with a .got > 64KB,
then the kernel exception handler needs to be fixed.
larry
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