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Re: [PATCH 0/3] eliminate native-built programs for elf/ tests
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Ryan S. Arnold <ryan.arnold@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
>> 2. check-execstack
>>
>> Â It would be good if someone could test this on powerpc64. ÂThat's the
>> Â only configuration that might test the case of no PT_GNU_STACK marker
>> Â being acceptable, because the platform default is nonexecutable
>> Â stack. ÂBut I have no idea if in fact the normal tool arrangements
>> Â omit the marker anyway (off hand it seems unlikely).
>
> I dealt with this a few years ago so I've long since forgotten the
> details. ÂWe'll (IBM) take a look.
>
> Ryan
Hi Roland,
I just verified that your branch changes haven't introduced any
test-suite regressions.
The individual tests pass with "no PT_GNU_STACK but default is OK".
Ryan