The patch titled mm: fix exit_mmap BUG() on a.out binary exit has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-fix-exit_mmap-bug-on-aout-binary-exit.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: mm: fix exit_mmap BUG() on a.out binary exit From: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The problem was introduced by commit "mm: variable length argument support" (b6a2fea39318e43fee84fa7b0b90d68bed92d2ba) as it didn't update fs/binfmt_aout.c like other binfmt's. I noticed that on alpha when accidentally launched old OSF/1 Acrobat Reader binary. Obviously, other architectures are affected as well. Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ollie Wild <aaw@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/binfmt_aout.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/binfmt_aout.c~mm-fix-exit_mmap-bug-on-aout-binary-exit fs/binfmt_aout.c --- a/fs/binfmt_aout.c~mm-fix-exit_mmap-bug-on-aout-binary-exit +++ a/fs/binfmt_aout.c @@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ static int load_aout_binary(struct linux current->mm->free_area_cache = current->mm->mmap_base; current->mm->cached_hole_size = 0; - current->mm->mmap = NULL; compute_creds(bprm); current->flags &= ~PF_FORKNOEXEC; #ifdef __sparc__ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are alpha-strncpy-strncat-fixes.patch alpha-build-fixes.patch mm-fix-exit_mmap-bug-on-aout-binary-exit.patch iommu-sg-merging-alpha-make-pci_iommu-respect-the-segment-size-limits.patch arch-alpha-removed-duplicate-includes.patch alpha-atomic_add_return-should-return-int.patch alpha-kill-deprecated-virt_to_bus.patch alpha-doesnt-use-socketcall.patch agp-alpha-nopage.patch alpha-fix-warning-by-fixing-flush_tlb_kernel_range.patch alpha-parisc-removing-config-variable-debug_rwlock.patch get-rid-of-nr_open-and-introduce-a-sysctl_nr_open.patch get-rid-of-nr_open-and-introduce-a-sysctl_nr_open-fix.patch calibrate_delay-must-be-__cpuinit.patch sanitize-the-type-of-struct-useru_ar0.patch add-cmpxchg64-and-cmpxchg64_local-to-alpha.patch make-sure-nobodys-leaking-resources.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html