2005-07-01 Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org>

	* emacs.c (main): Passing ADD_NO_RANDOMIZE to
	`personality'.

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 73da266..73fe461 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -2378,8 +2378,6 @@ The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2.
 With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Redhat Fedora Core
 1 and 2), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
 creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. 
-The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4. Read the
-next item.
 
 Configure can overcome the problem of exec-shield if the architecture is
 x86 and the program setarch is present.  On other architectures no
@@ -2406,21 +2404,6 @@ command when running temacs like this:
 
     setarch i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
 
-*** Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping.
-
-In addition to exec-shield explained above "Linux: Segfault during
-`make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel"
-item, Linux kernel shipped with Fedora Core 4 randomizes the virtual
-address space of a process. As the result dumping is failed even if
-you turn off the exec-shield. In such case use -R option of setarch
-command:
-
-   setarch -R i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
-
-or
-
-   setarch -R i386 make bootstrap      
-
 *** Fatal signal in the command  temacs -l loadup inc dump.
 
 This command is the final stage of building Emacs.  It is run by the

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 85c3b74..4c3c6a8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-01  Masatake YAMATO  <jet@gyve.org>
+
+       * emacs.c (main): Passing ADD_NO_RANDOMIZE to
+       `personality'.
+
 2005-06-30  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
        * xdisp.c (x_draw_vertical_border): If left fringe is not present

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index fd38268..89d6070 100644 (file)
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -918,7 +918,13 @@ main (argc, argv
         {
           /* Set this so we only do this once.  */
           putenv("EMACS_HEAP_EXEC=true");
-          personality (PER_LINUX32);
+
+         /* A flag to turn off address randomization which is introduced
+          in linux kernel shipped with fedora core 4 */
+#define ADD_NO_RANDOMIZE 0x0040000
+         personality (PER_LINUX32 | ADD_NO_RANDOMIZE);
+#undef  ADD_NO_RANDOMIZE
+
           execvp (argv[0], argv);
 
           /* If the exec fails, try to dump anyway.  */