issues w/init

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> On ppc32 personality is clearly set to 0.  On ppc64 the  
> elf_read_implies_exec does work around the issue (ie I implemented  
> elf_read_implies_exec as (exec_stk != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X) on ppc32).   
> However I think its just masking it.

How so ? IE, it checks for PT_GNU_STACK, if not present, it then
sets read to imply exec. Things compiled with a fixed toolchain
have that no ?

Ben.

> Hear are the PHDRs for the version of init I'm running:
> 
> Program Headers:
>    Type           Offset   VirtAddr   PhysAddr   FileSiz MemSiz  Flg  
> Align
>    PHDR           0x000034 0x10000034 0x10000034 0x000e0 0x000e0 R E 0x4
>    INTERP         0x000114 0x10000114 0x10000114 0x0000d 0x0000d R   0x1
>        [Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld.so.1]
>    LOAD           0x000000 0x10000000 0x10000000 0x072a0 0x072a0 R E  
> 0x10000
>    LOAD           0x0072a0 0x100172a0 0x100172a0 0x00358 0x00988 RW   
> 0x10000
>    DYNAMIC        0x0074bc 0x100174bc 0x100174bc 0x000c8 0x000c8 RW  0x4
>    NOTE           0x000130 0x10000130 0x10000130 0x00020 0x00020 R    
> 0x10
> 
> I don't think elf_read_implies_exec() is the right solution on ppc32.   
> As I asked before, can VM_MAYEXEC be of any use to us?
> 
> - k