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-rw-r--r--cursor/os-compatibility.c21
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cursor/os-compatibility.c b/cursor/os-compatibility.c
index f2445ce..2b54bae 100644
--- a/cursor/os-compatibility.c
+++ b/cursor/os-compatibility.c
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
#include <sys/mman.h>
#endif
+/* Fallback to no flag when missing the definition */
+#ifndef MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL
+#define MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL 0
+#endif
+
#include "os-compatibility.h"
#ifndef HAVE_MKOSTEMP
@@ -124,7 +129,21 @@ os_create_anonymous_file(off_t size)
int fd;
#ifdef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
- fd = memfd_create("wayland-cursor", MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING);
+ /*
+ * Linux kernels older than 6.3 reject MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL with EINVAL.
+ * Try first *with* it, and if that fails, try again *without* it.
+ */
+ errno = 0;
+ fd = memfd_create(
+ "wayland-cursor",
+ MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING | MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL);
+
+ if (fd < 0 && errno == EINVAL && MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL != 0) {
+ fd = memfd_create(
+ "wayland-cursor",
+ MFD_CLOEXEC | MFD_ALLOW_SEALING);
+ }
+
if (fd >= 0) {
/* We can add this seal before calling posix_fallocate(), as
* the file is currently zero-sized anyway.