[uml-devel] [PATCH] UML - Fix vsyscall brokenness

[uml-devel] [PATCH] UML - Fix vsyscall brokenness

[Jeff Dike]

The #if/#ifdef cleanup exposed a bug in UML's ELF header processing.  With 
this bug fixed, UML recognizes the vsyscall info coming from the host.  On
FC4, there is a vsyscall page low in the address space, which UML doesn't
provide.  This causes an infinite page fault loop and a hang on boot.

This patch works around that by making this look like a no-vsyscall system.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>

Index: linux-2.6.12-rc3-mm2/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.12-rc3-mm2.orig/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c	2005-07-28 12:08:54.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.12-rc3-mm2/arch/um/os-Linux/elf_aux.c	2005-07-28 18:47:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
  */
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include <asm/elf.h>
 #include "init.h"
 #include "elf_user.h"
-#include <asm/elf.h>
+#include "mem_user.h"
 
 #if ELF_CLASS == ELFCLASS32
 typedef Elf32_auxv_t elf_auxv_t;
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
 				break;
 			case AT_SYSINFO_EHDR:
 				vsyscall_ehdr = auxv->a_un.a_val;
+				/* See if the page is under TASK_SIZE */
+				if (vsyscall_ehdr < (unsigned long) envp) 
+					vsyscall_ehdr = 0;
 				break;
 			case AT_HWCAP:
 				elf_aux_hwcap = auxv->a_un.a_val;



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