When we fork, init_new_context() improperly resets the vdso_base of the new context to 0. That means that the new process loses access to the vdso for signal trampolines.
The initialization should be unnecessary anyway as the context on a fresh mm should be 0 in the first place and binfmt_elf will initialize that value for a newly loaded process. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) --- linux-work.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h 2008-08-12 17:01:06.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-work/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h 2008-08-12 17:01:08.000000000 +1000 @@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ static inline void get_mmu_context(struc static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *t, struct mm_struct *mm) { mm->context.id = NO_CONTEXT; - mm->context.vdso_base = 0; return 0; } _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev