Re: Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-04-30 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 21:42:30 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 20:07 +, Niels Thykier wrote: > [...] > > Hi Ben, > > > > Could you please file a pu bug for this?  I fear that otherwise, it > > might be overlooked for the next time the SRMs review the outstanding > >

Re: Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-04-23 Thread Niels Thykier
Ben Hutchings: > On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 20:07 +, Niels Thykier wrote: > [...] >> Hi Ben, >> >> Could you please file a pu bug for this? I fear that otherwise, it >> might be overlooked for the next time the SRMs review the outstanding >> stable update requests. > > I already stopped waiting

Re: Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-04-22 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 20:07 +, Niels Thykier wrote: [...] > Hi Ben, > > Could you please file a pu bug for this?  I fear that otherwise, it > might be overlooked for the next time the SRMs review the outstanding > stable update requests. I already stopped waiting and went ahead and made

Re: Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-04-22 Thread Niels Thykier
Ben Hutchings: > On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 17:06 +, James Cowgill wrote: > [...] >> The reason the program and the heap are at these very high addresses is >> that xsltproc is built with PIE and the kernel is treating the >> executable like a mmap and grouping it with all the other libraries. In

Re: Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-03-29 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 21:27 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 17:06 +, James Cowgill wrote: [...] > > I believe any of the following will fix this (but have not all been tested): > > - Reduce the stack usage in xsltproc (the upstream bug) > > - Upgrade the relevant buildds to

Stable update request: kernel changes to fix PIE with large stack

2017-03-23 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2017-03-23 at 17:06 +, James Cowgill wrote: [...] > The reason the program and the heap are at these very high addresses is > that xsltproc is built with PIE and the kernel is treating the > executable like a mmap and grouping it with all the other libraries. In > d1fd836dcf00 ("mm: