RFR (S) 8023956 [2nd post]: Provide a work-around to broken Linux 32 bit "Exec Shield" using CS for NX emulation (crashing with SI_KERNEL)

Coleen Phillmore coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
Mon Sep 23 05:27:44 PDT 2013


David,
This looks really good.   Thank you for adding this workaround. Should 
you remove the SI_KERNEL message that we have in the signal handler too?
Thanks,
Coleen

On 9/23/2013 5:02 AM, David Simms wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	RFR (S) 8023956: Provide a work-around to broken Linux 32 
> bit "Exec Shield" using CS for NX emulation (crashing with SI_KERNEL)
> Date: 	Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:18:52 +0200
> From: 	David Simms <david.simms at oracle.com>
> To: 	hotspot-runtime-dev at openjdk.java.net
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> G'day all,
>
> Please review a small enhancement for working around a rare but 
> annoying Linux bug (ia32 only).
>
> Bug link: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8023956 ( 
> http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=8023956)
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dsimms/8023956/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Edsimms/8023956/>
>
> Cheers
> /David Simms
>
>

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