From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 19:11:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190305181138.GG8256@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wg0bY=RFhD4NW9x++fC0bME=_-9xM3kexGGM3gefHQTyQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 09:58:28AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'd be ok for that to be a total removal, but maybe there are some
> architectures that still have that as a "main" format?
Well, my limited experience with feature removal says that people only
say something when the feature is *actually* long gone, several releases
have passed by and the removal has finally percolated downstream.
I guess you could Cc arch maintainers with the a.out-core.h removal
patch to see if anyone screams.
> Or I could just apply your patch after removing the core-dumping. Comments?
Sure. And it can be reverted very easily if someone runs out of the
woods later and handwaving about an important a.out use case on x86.
Although x86 should be in ELF-land for a quarter of a decade now.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-05 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-01 23:57 a.out coredumping: fix or delete? Jann Horn
2019-03-03 1:09 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-03-05 9:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 12:22 ` Matthew Wilcox
2019-03-05 13:43 ` Alan Cox
2019-03-05 14:59 ` [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 15:17 ` Richard Weinberger
2019-03-05 16:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-05 16:30 ` Jann Horn
2019-03-05 17:32 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 17:31 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-05 17:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-05 18:11 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2019-03-05 18:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2019-03-06 15:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-10 21:37 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-10 22:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-10 23:19 ` Al Viro
2019-03-11 7:20 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2019-03-11 11:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 16:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 16:26 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 16:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 18:08 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 18:08 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 19:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 19:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 19:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 20:50 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-11 20:50 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-11 21:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 21:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-11 21:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2019-03-11 22:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-12 8:44 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-03-14 18:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2019-03-14 18:38 ` Miguel Ojeda
2019-03-11 22:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:06 ` Måns Rullgård
2019-03-11 22:11 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-12 6:38 ` Michael Cree
2019-04-16 3:19 ` Jon Masters
2019-03-11 18:58 ` Matt Turner
2019-03-06 16:55 ` Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-03-06 17:52 ` [PATCH] fs: binfmt: mark aout as broken Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
2019-03-06 12:25 ` a.out coredumping: fix or delete? Thomas Gleixner
2019-03-06 14:11 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-03-06 14:11 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2019-03-06 16:52 ` Alan Cox
2019-03-06 16:52 ` Alan Cox
2019-03-06 17:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
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