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[PATCH] Make ld.so.cache identical between IA-32 and AMD64


Hi!

If the number of old cache libraries in ld.so.cache (ie. those with
entry->hwcap == 0) is odd and ld.so.cache contains both old and new
cache, the 32-bit dynamic linker will not be able to find new cache
created by 64-bit ldconfig or 64-bit ld.so will not be able to find 
new cache created by 32-bit ldconfig on AMD64.
The problem is that cache_file_new structure is 32-bit aligned on
IA-32 while 64-bit aligned on AMD64 (it contains uint64_t hwcap).
The following patch fixes it by creating a dummy old cache entry,
which means no ld.so or libc.a loader changes are needed and compatibility
is ensured.
Also, it seems save_cache could clobber memory past end of file_entries
malloced buffer if last entry has entry->hwcap != 0.

2003-08-25  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* elf/cache.c (save_cache): Don't write beyond end of file_entries
	buffer.
	Duplicate last old cache entry if the count would be odd.

--- libc/elf/cache.c.jj	2003-03-15 20:03:52.000000000 -0500
+++ libc/elf/cache.c	2003-08-25 06:31:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ save_cache (const char *cache_name)
 
   if (opt_format != 2)
     {
+      /* struct cache_file_new is 64-bit aligned on some arches while
+	 only 32-bit aligned on other arches.  Duplicate last old
+	 cache entry so that new cache in ld.so.cache can be used by
+	 both.  */
+      if (opt_format != 0)
+	cache_entry_old_count = (cache_entry_old_count + 1) & ~1;
+
       /* And the list of all entries in the old format.  */
       file_entries_size = sizeof (struct cache_file)
 	+ cache_entry_old_count * sizeof (struct file_entry);
@@ -351,7 +358,7 @@ save_cache (const char *cache_name)
        entry = entry->next, ++idx_new)
     {
       /* First the library.  */
-      if (opt_format != 2)
+      if (opt_format != 2 && entry->hwcap == 0)
 	{
 	  file_entries->libs[idx_old].flags = entry->flags;
 	  /* XXX: Actually we can optimize here and remove duplicates.  */
@@ -374,7 +381,7 @@ save_cache (const char *cache_name)
       ++str;
       str_offset += len + 1;
       /* Then the path.  */
-      if (opt_format != 2)
+      if (opt_format != 2 && entry->hwcap == 0)
 	file_entries->libs[idx_old].value = str_offset + pad;
       if (opt_format != 0)
 	file_entries_new->libs[idx_new].value = str_offset;
@@ -388,6 +395,11 @@ save_cache (const char *cache_name)
 	++idx_old;
     }
 
+  /* Duplicate last old cache entry if needed.  */
+  if (opt_format != 2
+      && idx_old < cache_entry_old_count)
+    file_entries->libs[idx_old] = file_entries->libs[idx_old - 1];
+
   /* Write out the cache.  */
 
   /* Write cache first to a temporary file and rename it later.  */


	Jakub


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