Re: runit running under linux 2.4 with openwall patches

[Vincent Danen <vdanen@annvix.org>]

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On Jan 25, 2005, at 3:58, Torne Wuff wrote:

> Quoting Vincent Danen <vdanen@annvix.org>:
>>> Did you link the runit program statically with the dietlibc?  If so,
>>> you
>>> could try to compile it the same way as the working /sbin/init, to be
>>> sure it's not the compiler or libc causing the problem.
>>
>> That's a good idea.  I did compile it statically with dietlibc.  I'll
>> try without dietlibc and see what happens.  I haven't had a chance to
>> dive back into it yet, but when I get a second I'll rebuild it and see
>> if that clears it up.  If not, I'll recompile the kernel without the
>> stack protection option enabled, just to make sure that it is what I
>> think it is.
>
> Yes, it's dietlibc. Dietlibc executes code from the stack during 
> system calls,
> afaict.

Interesting.  Time will tell... I'll be testing it in a few hours after 
I take care of some "real" work.

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