linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/4] x86: relocs ELF handling - use SELFMAG instead of numeric constant

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Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 23:07:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/4] x86: relocs ELF handling - use SELFMAG instead of
 numeric constant

On Sat, 3 May 2008, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c	2008-04-29 21:20:57.000000000 +0400
> +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/boot/compressed/relocs.c	2008-05-02 21:38:41.000000000 +0400
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static void read_ehdr(FILE *fp)
>  		die("Cannot read ELF header: %s\n",
>  			strerror(errno));
>  	}
> -	if (memcmp(ehdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, 4) != 0) {
> +	if (memcmp(ehdr.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0) {
>  		die("No ELF magic\n");
>  	}
>  	if (ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS32) {

Applied. Thanks,

	 tglx
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