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From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Andrea della Porta <andrea.porta@suse.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nik.borisov@suse.com,
	arnd@arndb.de, keescook@chromium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:27:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231018122729.GA18556@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1697614386.git.andrea.porta@suse.com>

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 01:13:18PM +0200, Andrea della Porta wrote:
> Aarch32 compatibility mode is enabled at compile time through
> CONFIG_COMPAT Kconfig option. This patchset lets 32-bit support
> (for both processes and syscalls) be enabled at boot time using
> a kernel parameter. Also, it provides a mean for distributions 
> to set their own default without sacrificing compatibility support,
> that is users can override default behaviour through the kernel
> parameter.

I proposed something similar in the past:

https://lkml.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210916131816.8841-1-will@kernel.org/

bu the conclusion there (see the reply from Kees) was that it was better
to either use existing seccomp mechanisms or add something to control
which binfmts can be loaded.

Will

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-18 12:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-18 11:13 [PATCH 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 11:13 ` [PATCH 1/4] arm64: Introduce aarch32_enabled() Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 11:13 ` [PATCH 2/4] arm64/process: Make loading of 32bit processes depend on aarch32_enabled() Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 12:52   ` Mark Rutland
2023-10-19 12:38     ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-19 14:27       ` Mark Rutland
2023-10-19 14:32         ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-19 14:50           ` Mark Rutland, Will Deacon
2023-10-18 11:13 ` [PATCH 3/4] arm64/entry-common: Make Aarch32 syscalls' availability " Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 12:57   ` Mark Rutland
2023-10-19 12:48     ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-22 20:30   ` kernel test robot
2023-10-18 11:13 ` [PATCH 4/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 emulation boot time configurable Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 13:02   ` Mark Rutland
2023-10-19 12:50     ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 12:27 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2023-10-18 12:44   ` [PATCH 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-19 10:52     ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-19 11:41       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-10-19  9:17   ` Andrea della Porta
2023-10-18 12:52 ` Mark Rutland
2023-10-19 12:34   ` Andrea della Porta

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