linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

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Message-ID: <54EFA189.3010509@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:43:21 -0800
From:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Hector Marco Gisbert <hecmargi@....es>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ismael Ripoll <iripoll@....es>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Linux MIPS Mailing List <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

On 02/26/2015 02:38 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
[...]
>
> From: Andrew Morton<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Subject: fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix
>
> Consolidate randomize_et_dyn() implementations into fs/binfmt_elf.c.
>
> There doesn't seem to be a compile-time way of making randomize_et_dyn()
> go away on architectures which don't need it, so mark it __weak to cause
> it to be discarded at link time.
>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin"<hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt<benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas<catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Hector Marco Gisbert<hecmargi@....es>
> Cc: Hector Marco-Gisbert<hecmargi@....es>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar<mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Ismael Ripoll<iripoll@....es>
> Cc: Kees Cook<keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle<ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: Russell King<rmk@....linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Will Deacon<will.deacon@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
[...]
> diff -puN arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix
> +++ a/arch/arm64/include/asm/elf.h
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>   /*
> - * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
> + * Copyright (C) 20q12 ARM Ltd.

This particular change looks like it may be a typo.

>    *
>    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>    * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as

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