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| -rw-r--r-- | kexec/kexec-elf.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kexec/kexec-elf.c b/kexec/kexec-elf.c index 18b857f..2ad2b73 100644 --- a/kexec/kexec-elf.c +++ b/kexec/kexec-elf.c @@ -715,8 +715,14 @@ static int build_mem_notes(const char *buf, off_t len, struct mem_ehdr *ehdr) note_size += (hdr.n_descsz + 3) & ~3; if ((hdr.n_namesz != 0) && (name[hdr.n_namesz -1] != '\0')) { - fprintf(stderr, "Note name is not null termiated\n"); - return -1; + /* If note name string is not null terminated, just + * warn user about it and continue processing. This + * allows us to parse /proc/kcore on older kernels + * where /proc/kcore elf notes were not null + * terminated. It has been fixed in 2.6.19. + */ + fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Elf Note name is not null " + "terminated\n"); } ehdr->e_note[i].n_type = hdr.n_type; ehdr->e_note[i].n_name = (char *)name; |