run_tests.sh: be smarter about using the overcommit sysctl
While the counters test has smarts to detect the presence of the
overcommit sysctl, run_tests.sh does not and spits out bash errors on
older kernels. Just skip the setting/restoring of the sysctl if the
kernel doesn't support it.
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On 15.01.2008 [10:11:03 -0600], Adam Litke wrote:
> As discussed in an earlier thread, glibc makes certain assumptions about
> the layout of the text, data, and bss segments of shared objects and
> executables. One of those assumptions is that all segments of an
> objects will be mapped consecutiv
On 16.01.2008 [11:10:22 +1100], David Gibson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:22:19AM -0600, Adam Litke wrote:
> > Newer versions of GNU ld have an option to explicitly state that a
> > program does not require a stack with execute permissions. In this
> > case, additional security measures can
On 17.12.2007 [15:03:13 +1100], David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 01:33:02PM -0600, Andrew Hastings wrote:
> > aglitke wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 15:43 -0600, Andrew Hastings wrote:
> > >> To fix this, remap_segments adjusts the brk value up to the end of the
> > >> BSS's slice
