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From: Greg Ungerer <gregungerer00@gmail.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp,
	linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
	linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_old_ram_flag
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:07:36 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1aaf5ce2-1e7a-e818-fbeb-42fbe551a108@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190611073648.GA21522@lst.de>



On 11/6/19 5:36 pm, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 04:04:39PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>>> index c0e4535dc1ec..18d82fd5f57c 100644
>>> --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>>>    	 * fix up the flags for the older format,  there were all kinds
>>>    	 * of endian hacks,  this only works for the simple cases
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (rev = OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
>>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM) &&
>>> +	    rev = OLD_FLAT_VERSION)
>>
>> The flags are from the binary file header here, so this is going to lose
>> that check for most platforms (except h8300 where it would always have
>> been true).
> 
> Indeed.  The old code is:
> 
> 	if (rev = OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> which for !h8300 evaluates to:
> 
> 	if (rev = OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flags)
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> so basically if any flag was set it was turned into FLAT_FLAG_RAM.
> Was that really intentional?

Probably not, looking at the flags. For the compressed flag it
makes some sense. But I don't think many of the others need load
to RAM behavior.


>  I guess even if it wasn't the is no
> point in changing this historic behavior now.
> 
> So I guess what we could do it something like:
> 
> 	if (rev = OLD_FLAT_VERSION &&
> 	    (flags || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM)))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;

Yeah, that to looks to preserve the old behavior.

Regards
Greg

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From: Greg Ungerer <gregungerer00@gmail.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org,
	uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp,
	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_old_ram_flag
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:07:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1aaf5ce2-1e7a-e818-fbeb-42fbe551a108@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190611073648.GA21522@lst.de>



On 11/6/19 5:36 pm, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 04:04:39PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>>> index c0e4535dc1ec..18d82fd5f57c 100644
>>> --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>>>    	 * fix up the flags for the older format,  there were all kinds
>>>    	 * of endian hacks,  this only works for the simple cases
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
>>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM) &&
>>> +	    rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION)
>>
>> The flags are from the binary file header here, so this is going to lose
>> that check for most platforms (except h8300 where it would always have
>> been true).
> 
> Indeed.  The old code is:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> which for !h8300 evaluates to:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flags)
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> so basically if any flag was set it was turned into FLAT_FLAG_RAM.
> Was that really intentional?

Probably not, looking at the flags. For the compressed flag it
makes some sense. But I don't think many of the others need load
to RAM behavior.


>  I guess even if it wasn't the is no
> point in changing this historic behavior now.
> 
> So I guess what we could do it something like:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION &&
> 	    (flags || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM)))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;

Yeah, that to looks to preserve the old behavior.

Regards
Greg


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Greg Ungerer <gregungerer00@gmail.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp,
	linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
	linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_old_ram_flag
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:07:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1aaf5ce2-1e7a-e818-fbeb-42fbe551a108@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190611073648.GA21522@lst.de>



On 11/6/19 5:36 pm, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 04:04:39PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>>> index c0e4535dc1ec..18d82fd5f57c 100644
>>> --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>>>    	 * fix up the flags for the older format,  there were all kinds
>>>    	 * of endian hacks,  this only works for the simple cases
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
>>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM) &&
>>> +	    rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION)
>>
>> The flags are from the binary file header here, so this is going to lose
>> that check for most platforms (except h8300 where it would always have
>> been true).
> 
> Indeed.  The old code is:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> which for !h8300 evaluates to:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flags)
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> so basically if any flag was set it was turned into FLAT_FLAG_RAM.
> Was that really intentional?

Probably not, looking at the flags. For the compressed flag it
makes some sense. But I don't think many of the others need load
to RAM behavior.


>  I guess even if it wasn't the is no
> point in changing this historic behavior now.
> 
> So I guess what we could do it something like:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION &&
> 	    (flags || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM)))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;

Yeah, that to looks to preserve the old behavior.

Regards
Greg


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From: Greg Ungerer <gregungerer00@gmail.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp,
	linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
	linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_old_ram_flag
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:07:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1aaf5ce2-1e7a-e818-fbeb-42fbe551a108@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190611073648.GA21522@lst.de>



On 11/6/19 5:36 pm, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 04:04:39PM +1000, Greg Ungerer wrote:
>>> index c0e4535dc1ec..18d82fd5f57c 100644
>>> --- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> +++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
>>> @@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
>>>    	 * fix up the flags for the older format,  there were all kinds
>>>    	 * of endian hacks,  this only works for the simple cases
>>>    	 */
>>> -	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
>>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM) &&
>>> +	    rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION)
>>
>> The flags are from the binary file header here, so this is going to lose
>> that check for most platforms (except h8300 where it would always have
>> been true).
> 
> Indeed.  The old code is:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> which for !h8300 evaluates to:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flags)
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
> 
> so basically if any flag was set it was turned into FLAT_FLAG_RAM.
> Was that really intentional?

Probably not, looking at the flags. For the compressed flag it
makes some sense. But I don't think many of the others need load
to RAM behavior.


>  I guess even if it wasn't the is no
> point in changing this historic behavior now.
> 
> So I guess what we could do it something like:
> 
> 	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION &&
> 	    (flags || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM)))
> 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;

Yeah, that to looks to preserve the old behavior.

Regards
Greg


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  reply	other threads:[~2019-06-11 13:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-10 21:20 binfmt_flat cleanups and RISC-V support Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 01/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_reloc_valid Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:44   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:44     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:44     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:44     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 02/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_set_persistent Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:45   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:45     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:45     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:45     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 03/15] binfmt_flat: provide a default version of flat_get_relocate_addr Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:46   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:46     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:46     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:46     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 04/15] binfmt_flat: remove flat_old_ram_flag Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  6:04   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:04     ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:04     ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:04     ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  7:36     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:36       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:36       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:36       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11 13:07       ` Greg Ungerer [this message]
2019-06-11 13:07         ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11 13:07         ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11 13:07         ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  9:47   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:47     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:47     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:47     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 05/15] binfmt_flat: replace flat_argvp_envp_on_stack with a Kconfig variable Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:49   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:49     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:49     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:49     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 06/15] binfmt_flat: remove the uapi <linux/flat.h> header Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:51   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:51     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:51     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:51     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 07/15] binfmt_flat: use __be32 for the on-disk format Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  8:25   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-06-11  8:25     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-06-11  8:25     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-06-11  8:25     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2019-06-11  9:57   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:57     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:57     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:57     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 08/15] binfmt_flat: add endianess annotations Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:58   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:58     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:58     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:58     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 09/15] binfmt_flat: add a ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT option Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:59   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:59     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:59     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:59     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 10/15] binfmt_flat: make support for old format binaries optional Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 11/15] binfmt_flat: provide an asm-generic/flat.h Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11 10:01   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:01     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:01     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:01     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 12/15] binfmt_flat: remove the persistent argument from flat_get_addr_from_rp Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 13/15] binfmt_flat: move the MAX_SHARED_LIBS definition to binfmt_flat.c Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 14/15] binfmt_flat: don't offset the data start Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20 ` [PATCH 15/15] riscv: add binfmt_flat support Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-10 21:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  8:16   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:16     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:16     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:16     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  9:20     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:20       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:20       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  9:20       ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  6:51 ` binfmt_flat cleanups and RISC-V support Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:51   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:51   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  6:51   ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  7:38   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:38     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:38     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  7:38     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11 13:02     ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11 13:02       ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11 13:02       ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11 13:02       ` Greg Ungerer
2019-06-11  8:05 ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:05   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:05   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:05   ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11  8:11   ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  8:11     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  8:11     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11  8:11     ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-06-11 10:08     ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:08       ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:08       ` Vladimir Murzin
2019-06-11 10:08       ` Vladimir Murzin

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