From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 003CFC2D0A8 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:25:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E500B21BE5 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:25:26 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E500B21BE5 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from bilbo.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BxJnv4tZ7zDq7F for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:25:23 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=none (no SPF record) smtp.mailfrom=ftp.linux.org.uk (client-ip=2002:c35c:fd02::1; helo=zeniv.linux.org.uk; envelope-from=viro@ftp.linux.org.uk; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=zeniv.linux.org.uk Received: from ZenIV.linux.org.uk (zeniv.linux.org.uk [IPv6:2002:c35c:fd02::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BxJlX2HQDzDqHZ for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:23:16 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viro by ZenIV.linux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1kL4jW-004YbY-CV; Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:22:54 +0000 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:22:54 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Pavel Begunkov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] kernel: add a PF_FORCE_COMPAT flag Message-ID: <20200923132254.GI3421308@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <563138b5-7073-74bc-f0c5-b2bad6277e87@gmail.com> <486c92d0-0f2e-bd61-1ab8-302524af5e08@gmail.com> <91209170-dcb4-d9ee-afa0-a819f8877b86@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <91209170-dcb4-d9ee-afa0-a819f8877b86@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-aio , "open list:MIPS" , David Howells , Linux-MM , keyrings@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux , Christoph Hellwig , linux-arch , linux-s390 , Linux SCSI List , X86 ML , Arnd Bergmann , linux-block , Andy Lutomirski , io-uring@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel , Jens Axboe , Parisc List , Network Development , LKML , LSM List , Linux FS Devel , Andrew Morton , linuxppc-dev Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 11:01:34AM +0300, Pavel Begunkov wrote: > > I'm not following why that would be considered a valid option, > > as that clearly breaks existing users that update from a 32-bit > > kernel to a 64-bit one. > > Do you mean users who move 32-bit binaries (without recompiling) to a > new x64 kernel? Does the kernel guarantees that to work? Yes. No further (printable) comments for now...