On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:25:00 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Arrgghhh...
>
> Sorry about that, I'd been sure I'd folded that one, but it actually got
> lost. Please apply - that breaks execve().
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 4df3949..a647542 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ bad_unshare_out:
> int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
> {
> struct task_struct *task = current;
> - struct files_struct *copy;
> + struct files_struct *copy = NULL;
> int error;
>
> error = unshare_fd(CLONE_FILES, ©);
This apparently prevents the general protection faults I was hitting
with 2.6.25-git8. Linus, please apply Al's fixup patch quickly, as it
will probably hit pretty much everyone trying it.
Thanks,
--
Jean Delvare
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