linux-kernel - Re: "elf core dump: fix get_user use" breaks mips compilation

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Message-ID: <20090217081503.GJ2495@deprecation.cyrius.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:15:03 +0100
From:	Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: "elf core dump: fix get_user use" breaks mips compilation

* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> [2009-02-16 13:25]:
> I imagine this would work around it:
> 
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static unsigned long vma_dump_size(struc
>  	if (FILTER(ELF_HEADERS) &&
>  	    vma->vm_pgoff == 0 && (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)) {
>  		u32 __user *header = (u32 __user *) vma->vm_start;
> -		u32 word;
> +		u32 word = 0;

Tested-by: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@...ius.com>

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