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 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D871C433EF for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:58:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S243761AbiANS6Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:58:16 -0500 Received: from outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu ([18.9.28.11]:50034 "EHLO outgoing.mit.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237032AbiANS6P (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:58:15 -0500 Received: from cwcc.thunk.org (pool-108-7-220-252.bstnma.fios.verizon.net [108.7.220.252]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id 20EIvnlp024350 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:57:50 -0500 Received: by cwcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id B31E215C411B; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:57:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:57:49 -0500 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Borislav Petkov , X86 ML , Arnd Bergmann , Eric Biederman , Kees Cook , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support Message-ID: References: <20220113160115.5375-1-bp@alien8.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:52:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Boris, > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:36 PM Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Btw, pls do note that this is removing only the x86 a.out support - > > other arches (m68k and alpha) still select HAVE_AOUT and thus the > > respective glue in fs/binfmt_aout.c > > Quoting myself (do I need a canned response for this? ;-): > "I think it's safe to assume no one still runs a.out binaries on m68k." > > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMuHMdVGT1QN8WUqNcU8ihPLncUGfrjV49wb-8nHUgHhOzLeNw@mail.gmail.com/ > https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMuHMdW+m0Q+j3rsQdMXnrEPm+XB5Y2AQrxW5sD1mZAKgmEqoA@mail.gmail.com > > Of course, m68k is not encumbered by a.out Netscape binaries, unlike > ia32 and alpha ;-) And Alpha's a.out Netscape binary is what required OSF/1 compatible system calls, so if and when we ever can nuke a.out Alpha support, so perhaps there might also be an opporunity to remove OSF/1 compatibility support... - Ted