Re: Regression in 2.6.25-rc3: s2ram segfaults before suspending

H. Peter Anvin
2008-03-03T17:11:40Z

Pavel Machek wrote:
>>
>> The only thing I don't understand is why this is suddenly a problem with
>> 2.6.25, and not with 2.6.24? Is there a bug in 2.6.24 and previously
>> that allows real-mode execution of non-executable pages?
>
> It is strange indeed... Should it be traced as an regression?
> Pavel

I'd like to understand what the heck happened, but as far as we can
observe right now, it's a *progression*, not a regression, since
executing out of a non-PROT_EXEC area isn't *supposed* to work...

-hpa