[Xvid-devel] 1.3.5 segfault in check_cpu_features (xvidcore/src/utils/x86_asm/cpuid.asm:97)

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

Hi, Peter and Michael.

On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 11:09, Peter Ross wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 02:23:05PM +0000, Michael Militzer wrote:
[...]
> > does this crash happen also outside of ffmpeg, so e.g. when you run  
> > the xvid_encraw example?

The original reporter said it does.

> Repost:
> 
> this problem is caused by our use of .rotext. changing it to .text works.
> patch below.
> 
> i do not believe binutils recognises .rotext as a machine instruction section anyway.
> obdump -d does not work on such files. cheers,
> 
> 
> Patch:
[...]

Thanks for the patch. I can confirm it fixes the issue for me.

Regards,
Dominik
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