linux.git/fs/binfmt_elf.c, branch v2.6.26

Remove last traces of a.out support from ELF loader.

2008-06-16T17:20:57+00:00

In commit d20894a23708c2af75966534f8e4dedb46d48db2 ("Remove a.out
interpreter support in ELF loader"), Andi removed support for a.out
interpreters from the ELF loader, which was only ever needed for the
transition from a.out to ELF.

This removes the last traces of that support, in particular the
inclusion of .

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse 
Acked-by: Peter Korsgaard 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[Patch] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix wrong return values

2008-05-16T21:23:11+00:00

create_elf_tables() returns 0 on success. But when strnlen_user() "fails",
it returns 0 directly. So this is wrong.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[Patch] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix a wrong free

2008-05-16T21:22:58+00:00

In kmalloc failing path, we shouldn't free pointers in 'info',
because the struct 'info' is uninitilized when kmalloc is called.

And when kmalloc returns NULL, it's needless to kfree it.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong 
Cc: Alexander Viro 
Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg 

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Signed-off-by: Al Viro

elf: fix shadowed variables in fs/binfmt_elf.c

2008-04-29T15:06:16+00:00

Fix these sparse warings:
fs/binfmt_elf.c:1749:29: warning: symbol 'tmp' shadows an earlier one
fs/binfmt_elf.c:1734:28: originally declared here
fs/binfmt_elf.c:2009:26: warning: symbol 'vma' shadows an earlier one
fs/binfmt_elf.c:1892:24: originally declared here

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: chose better variable name]
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

BINFMT: fill_elf_header cleanup - use straight memset first

2008-04-29T15:06:16+00:00

This patch does simplify fill_elf_header function by setting
to zero the whole elf header first. So we fillup the fields
we really need only.

before:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  11735      80       0   11815    2e27 fs/binfmt_elf.o

after:
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  11710      80       0   11790    2e0e fs/binfmt_elf.o

viola, 25 bytes of text is freed

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] sanitize handling of shared descriptor tables in failing execve()

2008-04-25T13:23:53+00:00

* unshare_files() can fail; doing it after irreversible actions is wrong
  and de_thread() is certainly irreversible.
* since we do it unconditionally anyway, we might as well do it in do_execve()
  and save ourselves the PITA in binfmt handlers, etc.
* while we are at it, binfmt_som actually leaked files_struct on failure.

As a side benefit, unshare_files(), put_files_struct() and reset_files_struct()
become unexported.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

core dump: user_regset writeback

2008-03-05T00:35:10+00:00

This makes the user_regset-based core dump code call user_regset writeback
hooks when available.  This is necessary groundwork to allow IA64 to set
CORE_DUMP_USE_REGSET.

Cc: Shaohua Li 
Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath 
Cc: "Luck, Tony" 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Remove a.out interpreter support in ELF loader

2008-02-08T17:22:41+00:00

Following the deprecation schedule the a.out ELF interpreter support
is removed now with this patch. a.out ELF interpreters were an transition
feature for moving a.out systems to ELF, but they're unlikely to be still
needed. Pure a.out systems will still work of course. This allows to
simplify the hairy ELF loader.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Cc: David Howells 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

aout: suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT

2008-02-08T17:22:30+00:00

Suppress A.OUT library support if CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT is not set.

Not all architectures support the A.OUT binfmt, so the ELF binfmt should not
be permitted to go looking for A.OUT libraries to load in such a case.  Not
only that, but under such conditions A.OUT core dumps are not produced either.

To make this work, this patch also does the following:

 (1) Makes the existence of the contents of linux/a.out.h contingent on
     CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT.

 (2) Renames dump_thread() to aout_dump_thread() as it's only called by A.OUT
     core dumping code.

 (3) Moves aout_dump_thread() into asm/a.out-core.h and makes it inline.  This
     is then included only where needed.  This means that this bit of arch
     code will be stored in the appropriate A.OUT binfmt module rather than
     the core kernel.

 (4) Drops A.OUT support for Blackfin (according to Mike Frysinger it's not
     needed) and FRV.

This patch depends on the previous patch to move STACK_TOP[_MAX] out of
asm/a.out.h and into asm/processor.h as they're required whether or not A.OUT
format is available.

[jdike@addtoit.com: uml: re-remove accidentally restored code]
Signed-off-by: David Howells 
Cc: 
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

brk randomization: introduce CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK

2008-02-06T21:39:44+00:00

based on similar patch from: Pavel Machek 

Introduce CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK. If disabled then the kernel is free
(but not obliged to) randomize the brk area.

Heap randomization breaks ancient binaries, so we keep COMPAT_BRK
enabled by default.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar