The patch titled proc: fix ->stack_start in compat mode has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is proc-fix-stack_start-in-compat-mode.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: proc: fix ->stack_start in compat mode From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Assign tsk->stack_start even when doing compat execve(2). As side effect, fix segfault inside boehm-gc library. Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14478 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <m.s.tsirkin@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN fs/compat.c~proc-fix-stack_start-in-compat-mode fs/compat.c --- a/fs/compat.c~proc-fix-stack_start-in-compat-mode +++ a/fs/compat.c @@ -1531,6 +1531,8 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename, if (retval < 0) goto out; + current->stack_start = current->mm->start_stack; + /* execve succeeded */ current->fs->in_exec = 0; current->in_execve = 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx are revert-mm-oom-analysis-add-buffer-cache-information-to-show_free_areas.patch loop-fix-null-dereference-if-mount-fails.patch sysctl-fix-false-positives-when-proc_sysctl=n.patch linux-next.patch genirq-switch-proc-irq-spurious-to-seq_file.patch proc-fix-stack_start-in-compat-mode.patch const-constify-remaining-pipe_buf_operations.patch reiserfs-remove-proc-fs-reiserfs-version.patch reiserfs-dont-compile-procfso-at-all-if-no-support.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