Re: ia32 binfmt problem with x86-64

[Andi Kleen]

lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> This all makes sense. But 64 bit and 32 bit apps should get the same
> treatment right?

No - i386 behaves different here than x86-64.

x86-64 always had NX/PROT_EXEC (although not all CPUs have always enforced it)
while i386 has lots of legacy binaries that don't know about it.

-Andi
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