[PATCH 1/2] powerpc: Don't blow away load_addr in start_thread
Michael Ellerman
michael at ellerman.id.au
Fri Oct 21 16:01:33 EST 2005
The patch to make process.c work for 32-bit and 64-bit
(06d67d54741a5bfefa31945ef195dfa748c29025) broke some 64-bit binaries.
We were blowing away load_addr in gpr[2], so we weren't properly relocating
the entry point.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael at ellerman.id.au>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: kexec/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- kexec.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ kexec/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ int copy_thread(int nr, unsigned long cl
*/
void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long start, unsigned long sp)
{
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+ unsigned long load_addr = regs->gpr[2]; /* saved by ELF_PLAT_INIT */
+#endif
+
set_fs(USER_DS);
/*
@@ -621,7 +625,7 @@ void start_thread(struct pt_regs *regs,
regs->msr = MSR_USER;
#else
if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_32BIT)) {
- unsigned long entry, toc, load_addr = regs->gpr[2];
+ unsigned long entry, toc;
/* start is a relocated pointer to the function descriptor for
* the elf _start routine. The first entry in the function
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