[PATCH] x32: Set GLRO(dl_platform) to "x86_64" by default [BZ #22363]

Andreas Schwab schwab@linux-m68k.org
Mon Oct 30 16:28:00 GMT 2017


On Okt 30 2017, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:05 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> On Okt 29 2017, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Set dl_platform to "x86_64" for x32 by default since kernel may set it
>>> to "i686".
>>
>> Why does it do that?  Isn't that a kernel bug?
>>
>
> There is
>
> include/asm/elf.h:#define COMPAT_ELF_PLATFORM         ("i686")
>
> It is much simpler to fix it in glibc.

Take a look how this is solved for aarch64 ILP32.

Andreas.

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