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From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: vma->vm_end > 0x60000000
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10010311645420.400-100000@cassiopeia.home>; from geert@linux-m68k.org on Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:48:11PM +0100
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:48:11PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> In fs/proc/array.c:proc_pid_statm() there is this test block:
> 
>     if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXECUTABLE)
> 	    trs += pages;   /* text */
>     else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN)
> 	    drs += pages;   /* stack */
>     else if (vma->vm_end > 0x60000000)
> 	    lrs += pages;   /* library */
>     else
> 	    drs += pages;
> 
> Is there any special reason for the hardcoded constant `0x60000000'?
> In the Linux/m68k tree, we use TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE instead. But I don't know
> why.

I think this is an old x86 load address for an ELF interpreter. Would
you be happy with ELF_ET_DYN_BASE? I made a fairly small patch that
deals with that.


Cheers,
Bill
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