[PATCH] Fix offset2lib issue for x86*, ARM*, PowerPC and MIPS

Andrew Morton akpm at linux-foundation.org
Thu Feb 26 15:03:57 PST 2015


On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 14:38:15 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Does that __weak trick even work?

Nope.

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~fix-offset2lib-issue-for-x86-arm-powerpc-and-mips-fix-fix
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -2307,10 +2307,10 @@ unsigned long __weak mmap_rnd(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Not all architectures use randomize_et_dyn(), so use __weak to let the
- * linker omit it from vmlinux
+ * Not all architectures use randomize_et_dyn(), but there doesn't seem to be
+ * a compile-time way of avoiding its generation.
  */
-unsigned long __weak randomize_et_dyn(unsigned long base)
+unsigned long randomize_et_dyn(unsigned long base)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
 
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