patches/glibc/ports-2.10.1/300-nscd-one-fork.patch
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Fri Nov 04 19:22:29 2011 +0100 (2011-11-04)
changeset 2735 f09ed6dd71a3
permissions -rw-r--r--
kernel/linux: fix packed attribute in exported headers

UBI headers (and maybe others as well) are broken because the 'packed'
attribute is not sanitised when the headers are exported to userspace.

Apply the fix from upstream:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=f210735fe2f17a6225432ee3d1239bcf23a8659c

(Also, buildroot does the same, BTW)

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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only fork one to assist in stop-start-daemon assumptions about daemon behavior
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/190785
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diff -durN glibc-2.10.1.orig/nscd/nscd.c glibc-2.10.1/nscd/nscd.c
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--- glibc-2.10.1.orig/nscd/nscd.c	2009-02-06 21:10:27.000000000 +0100
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+++ glibc-2.10.1/nscd/nscd.c	2009-11-13 00:50:24.000000000 +0100
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@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@
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       if (pid != 0)
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 	exit (0);
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+       if (write_pid (_PATH_NSCDPID) < 0)
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+	dbg_log ("%s: %s", _PATH_NSCDPID, strerror (errno));
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+
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       int nullfd = open (_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR);
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       if (nullfd != -1)
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 	{
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@@ -231,12 +234,6 @@
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 	for (i = min_close_fd; i < getdtablesize (); i++)
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 	  close (i);
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-      pid = fork ();
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-      if (pid == -1)
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-	error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot fork"));
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-      if (pid != 0)
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-	exit (0);
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-
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       setsid ();
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       if (chdir ("/") != 0)
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@@ -245,9 +242,6 @@
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       openlog ("nscd", LOG_CONS | LOG_ODELAY, LOG_DAEMON);
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-      if (write_pid (_PATH_NSCDPID) < 0)
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-        dbg_log ("%s: %s", _PATH_NSCDPID, strerror (errno));
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-
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       if (!init_logfile ())
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 	dbg_log (_("Could not create log file"));
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