+ fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch added to -mm tree

+ fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch

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From: Chris Kennelly <ckennelly@google.com>
Subject: fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4

augment comment

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200821233848.3904680-2-ckennelly@google.com
Signed-off-by: Chris Kennelly <ckennelly@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/binfmt_elf.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static unsigned long maximum_alignment(s
 		if (cmds[i].p_type == PT_LOAD) {
 			unsigned long p_align = cmds[i].p_align;
 
-			/* skip non-power of two alignments */
+			/* skip non-power of two alignments as invalid */
 			if (!is_power_of_2(p_align))
 				continue;
 			alignment = max(alignment, p_align);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from ckennelly@google.com are

fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address.patch
fs-binfmt_elf-use-pt_load-p_align-values-for-suitable-start-address-v4.patch
add-self-test-for-verifying-load-alignment.patch