From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lichtman.org (lichtman.org [149.28.33.109]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9B1B179BC for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=149.28.33.109 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731796713; cv=none; b=j+7RnWVwkmEwi57CWl4DM5dZno0v6JdpE8yPiEvdVjnKlE2EJBPqlb/mmXMRAUMiGh8JoQ72jAQZZNJpVN8bbHJKBaQuCgRqhA5dcsTgAHTs9lIPtcLv3DqtI4AgvDYhgPyeYSqR9PKFRd7EaSv3TPIqk0gHxWWOI4mSgEzuKTo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1731796713; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yMLLHYnoxqdQC1FP9RvK4ZDXdJ419A93fpT/Becp84g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=qMnnyTv8Bb1TCHzp651mJ9F6zzpbGL5RJdUxXgr65P5H+EktYv/ShrlxWJ+/48qwLBSjrVi5L2c0ffM6Sv4XMJDSh0Pb4LV0khkzxZoWd1aS9g4WGAQcVY+L5BAdg2fjic7tqI7L1kRbX7MQn1cKfdlClEdJq7anSa316+6g7gs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lichtman.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lichtman.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lichtman.org header.i=@lichtman.org header.b=hhi2VXMq; arc=none smtp.client-ip=149.28.33.109 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lichtman.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lichtman.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lichtman.org header.i=@lichtman.org header.b="hhi2VXMq" Received: by lichtman.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A3261177104; Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:38:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=lichtman.org; s=mail; t=1731796710; bh=yMLLHYnoxqdQC1FP9RvK4ZDXdJ419A93fpT/Becp84g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=hhi2VXMqqcbA8XTtnD5i+biPJSX2i+gpXLHdIgOOS1VTbGv+O879wxxMY37HAiGlx 0s4SymIIZ8Ixp+6CkcEKl/gDnfoqaKbZlAvmmL8u2hFzH9Ehd+QkdN2+tDlcEW1fHe 5SPyOX1UXtdvrsI1gLSzViajpx3RGMVhaQeoLiuAZf0vGzD90KSM66XKV38qBYo6vg Mxfx9fV5hnyWxQPDCCpLZjvZdC0j2p3OUXfMsC2kylG7h0uOSjuton9j9IYHxtzv8F QuYW9tSR3rFGqPhtZ/FT7cDeLeVDN3vXDsNefaZ9OwuI282Uc4Hj2TZWaeHe3b/70L BPXTjgAuzPzBQ== Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 22:38:30 +0000 From: Nir Lichtman To: Al Viro Cc: Linus Torvalds , ebiederm@xmission.com, kees@kernel.org, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] exec: make printable macro more concise Message-ID: <20241116223830.GA225347@lichtman.org> References: <20241116061258.GA216473@lichtman.org> <20241116072804.GA3387508@ZenIV> <20241116172301.GA222714@lichtman.org> <20241116220602.GE3387508@ZenIV> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20241116220602.GE3387508@ZenIV> On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 10:06:02PM +0000, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 05:23:01PM +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:49:39AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 23:28, Al Viro wrote: > > > > > > > Anyway, a.out support is dead, so I think this code is pure historical > > > leftovers and should be removed. > > > > > > Linus > > > > Thanks for answering Al and Linus. > > Al, continuing forward, to work on a new version of the patch removing the > > support for dynamically loading binfmt kernel modules or you'll take it > > from here? > > Just kill it off, since you are poking in the area anyway... No point Roger, will send out a new patch shortly. > coordinating patches, etc. - removal is completely straightforward, > with something along the lines of "that was an ancient leftover from > a.out-to-ELF transition, left without a single valid use after removal > of a.out support; anyone who might find future uses for it (currently > there's none) would be better off using binfmt_misc to trigger whatever > module loading they might need - would be more flexible that way"