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SubjectRe: [BUG] get_unmapped_area() change -> non booting machine
On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:17:02 +1100
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:


>
> It's not bash, it's ld.so... Note that Andi's patch also fix a potential
> similar issue with the free_area_cache, if somebody does a MAP_FIXED to
> low addresses, then a un-hinted mmap, then that mmap will have chances
> to be put straight after brk, causing the same kind of interesting issues.

Actually, MAP_FIXED is already handled in the caller. It can only happen
for hints without MAP_FIXED.

> So if you don't take Andi's latest patch, maybe you should still take
> the part that avoid playing with free_area_cache on MAP_FIXED mappings ?

Reverting everything should have the same effect (it was really a bug I added)
Doing that would be fine for me, that change was not critical, just nice to
have.

-Andi
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