[ANNOUNCE] WOLK v4.12s FINAL - Server Edition

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Hi all,

so, finally here we go, FINAL v4.12. This is the 12th maintenance update fo=
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WOLK4.0.

I am quite sure that this is the last 2.4-WOLK. I don't have the time to=20
manage both, 2.4-WOLK and 2.6-WOLK, and do not forget 2.2 Mainline and=20
2.2-secure tree also. I am very sorry.



Changelog from v4.11s -> v4.12s
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o   added:    support for ELF executables which use an a.out format
                interpreter (dynamic linker) moved into a separate
                configuration option and disabled by default
o   fixed:    when CONFIG_IP_NMAP_FREAK was not set, the kernel
                did not reply to any icmp echo requests :(
o   fixed:    RMAP: only initialise under_rsslimit to 0 if there are ptes
                to check
o   fixed:    RMAP: bug in page_referenced() where unmapped pages were
                always seen as over the rss limit, in effect disabling
                page aging and the referenced bit counting for page and
                buffer cache pages.
o   fixed:    vmalloc error handling (4 fixes ;)
o   fixed:    hopefully this time for real: XFS oopsen
o   updated:  new Medley software RAID driver from 2.4.26-bk
o   updated:  vmap error handling
o   updated:  grsecurity v1.9.14 from CVS (important PaX fixes)


P.S.: I _really_ wonder why no one including me saw the bug
      with !CONFIG_IP_NMAP_FREAK.

it was:
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#ifdef CONFIG_IP_NMAP_FREAK_PATCH
        if(!sysctl_icmp_restrict)
        icmp_reply(&icmp_param, skb);
#endif

so obviously, if CONFIG_IP_NMAP_FREAK was not selected, your box did not re=
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to any icmp echo requests. Muahaah. That bug was in there for alsmost 2=20
years.



now, the correct way:
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#ifdef CONFIG_IP_NMAP_FREAK_PATCH
        if(!sysctl_icmp_restrict)
                icmp_reply(&icmp_param, skb);
#else
        icmp_reply(&icmp_param, skb);
#endif


Thanks to some anonymous poster in the forums on sf.net/projects/wolk. He=20
fixed that for 2.6-WOLK :)



md5sums:
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d25cd7f63edd0650fe6db6e6e58cbc7d  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.12s-fullkernel.tar.bz2
712891d2154b5657ebe285a3eb62af67  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.12s-fullkernel.tar.gz
dfb2866ac5be3094bf52586afdb14f4d  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.12s.patch.bz2
c296b04672cf19730f744332e2af0b39  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.12s.patch.gz
afa043d961bf5941ba3c7ef95ac3a653  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.11s-to-4.12s.patch.bz2
1c34caac56a9269ee531fb4f660471d2  linux-2.4.20-wolk4.11s-to-4.12s.patch.gz



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Kind regards
        Marc-Christian Petersen

http://sourceforge.net/projects/wolk

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