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 F01F8C433F5 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:52:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S242066AbiANOwo (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:52:44 -0500 Received: from mail-vk1-f178.google.com ([209.85.221.178]:35803 "EHLO mail-vk1-f178.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237563AbiANOwm (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:52:42 -0500 Received: by mail-vk1-f178.google.com with SMTP id 19so5978315vkl.2 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:52:42 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=3QRaBnJTvGqh7hLfXU44RUcKijdj4LoBD709NrcoVmE=; b=MC8VBMVCwFQubYVSl/thYybVTS0vJzT/vZla03lOFn9M1IjogBSwn81jUBTwuKrFjA QAN5Hkr4mDozw67iBTK8/o08qyhtecK4xsMGs1ayDSElUjE+4IcYscTs2PhNtOZnxcTn 8WNMxj5RqvoBulZEE1VD4rp7lBGClfhtuaRMbF4MlOgmmnx1x499hPV4WYM2qmm5oH4I P/aoaSuRZXz+d7nwhsobhAU3SC8wd4xSEqbApri9zK1HcboUL779wc7Xdg8/Ou9EWyFZ Q1S8jdXrK5osh8i+pCgsi8Hiu2Z7mW/4cI20jfxm9ukLxd/dSzYFlqo4U+baOpG3Ku1A 4Amg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530dKJ34uemIE0coLqAn+AorJnykTkGUJyVto9zdbvQEyIAkzKnG oEBz7OTnWpFkKJZcAb/TXDW3f9Ez/zwfE26e X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyESelLZoscq737/y1Zj/oLS/YyDxrVAuya3Z6dUs5nmY0OLK/Ehlm0CRd21Y3JJTQmKfez7Q== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6122:2027:: with SMTP id l39mr3036972vkd.32.1642171962108; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:52:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-ua1-f48.google.com (mail-ua1-f48.google.com. [209.85.222.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b14sm2063173vkk.22.2022.01.14.06.52.41 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:52:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ua1-f48.google.com with SMTP id p1so17303867uap.9 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:52:41 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6102:3581:: with SMTP id h1mr4118256vsu.5.1642171960897; Fri, 14 Jan 2022 06:52:40 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20220113160115.5375-1-bp@alien8.de> In-Reply-To: From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:52:29 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support To: Borislav Petkov Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" , X86 ML , Arnd Bergmann , Eric Biederman , Kees Cook , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 ;-) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds