[Hardy] SRU: Disable COMPAT_VDSO for custom xen i386 builds
Tim Gardner
tim.gardner at canonical.com
Thu Jun 9 12:46:59 UTC 2011
On 06/09/2011 06:01 AM, Stefan Bader wrote:
> SRU Justification:
>
> Impact: The COMPAT_VDSO option will cause the VDSO segment (32bit) to appear
> also at its old, non-randomized place. It is only required for older libc
> versions. 10.04 already is at a newer level and the generic build has it turned off.
>
> Fix: Turn the option off for the custom-binary-xen (i386) build as well.
>
> Testcase: QA regression testing will fail with this option turned on. Verified
> it is running successfully in a Hardy VM using the -xen kernel in dom0, as well
> as running it as domU on EC2 (m1.small).
>
> -Stefan
>
Acked-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com>
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