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

[Ingo Molnar]

* 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.

	Ingo
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