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Re: Whacky ia64: linux_proc_xfer_partial and lseek vs pread64
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> Fascinating. That definitely seems like a kernel bug to me; why not?
The vDSO page is quite special, since it is only executable, but not
readable.
> I see some magic bits in the kernel ptrace support to read backing
> stores, which are obviously going to get fouled up by pread support.
> But I don't see anything that would affect the vDSO.
That's problably the effect of ptrace overriding page protections.
Andreas.
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