Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 04:30:07 -0700
From: "Barry K. Nathan" <barryn@pobox.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.28-pre4
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 08:21:35AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> From now on can now change only what is necessary and let 
> the 2.4 tree in peace :)

Is it still possible to add this patch to 2.4 (i.e. 2.4.28 or 2.4.29),
or is it too late/too invasive?

[PATCH] fix ELF exec with huge bss
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@3ff112802L-9-rs0BbkozDnTnpch9w

AFAIK, this patch has been in 2.6 for several months and has been in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernels for a long while too. The reason I'd like
to see it in a future 2.4 kernel is that it fixes some crashes that some
of my users are seeing (e.g. with a Fortran 77 program that has a BSS
larger than 2GB).


BTW, if the above patch is added to 2.4, maybe this patch is also needed
to handle a corner case (like the previous patch, it's been in 2.6 for
several months and RHEL 3 for a long time):

[PATCH] binfmt_elf.c fix for 32-bit apps with large bss
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@407afc8e4kEZSl4pklf3Ptrl2ZzkeA

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>

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