Re: [PATCH] binfmt_elf.c allow .bss with no access (p---)

Mike Hearn
2004-03-12T16:37:08Z

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:18:57 -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> Yes, because the patch considers each PT_LOAD with p_filesz < p_memsz
> to have a "local" .bss. This is more general than plain 2.6.3 which
> creates only one "global" BSS after accumulating information from all
> of the PT_LOAD.

Fantastic. I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the kernel development process,
how do I track the patch to find out when it's checked in and which
releases it's available in (we'd really like 2.4 as well, though it may be
too late to make it worthwhile for now....)

thanks -mike