William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com> writes:
|> On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:48:11PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
|> > In fs/proc/array.c:proc_pid_statm() there is this test block:
|> >
|> > if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXECUTABLE)
|> > trs += pages; /* text */
|> > else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN)
|> > drs += pages; /* stack */
|> > else if (vma->vm_end > 0x60000000)
|> > lrs += pages; /* library */
|> > else
|> > drs += pages;
|> >
|> > Is there any special reason for the hardcoded constant `0x60000000'?
|> > In the Linux/m68k tree, we use TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE instead. But I don't know
|> > why.
|>
|> I think this is an old x86 load address for an ELF interpreter.
No, it is a leftover from the a.out times. IMHO it should be removed
completely. "Library pages" has no meaning for ELF.
Andreas.
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