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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 EEF64C43381 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2019 15:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C652620675 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 2019 15:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729240AbfCFPHr (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 10:07:47 -0500 Received: from mail-vs1-f66.google.com ([209.85.217.66]:39232 "EHLO mail-vs1-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728387AbfCFPHm (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Mar 2019 10:07:42 -0500 Received: by mail-vs1-f66.google.com with SMTP id w14so2402668vso.6; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:07:41 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=eqCR/x6MXiCoDlxqOwLKwWPD8DPLAZaFGR5oIkCNoPc=; b=P0ByNC5CvGRNosR2/cdNO8QwA51Hg1UQ0xwO63oEhJVbs8TZAENtE+qPEo6aAsgdSs IgxWGF2Z9pu0ABXGxec0H9JtL2lnkkxIuzZfWdUfBaVL4pRhmgAK6sLLEIwb2klq0pez WrcjU46LVQDiHmgpxsh91e5GDnplXLKNA5oYVeu+Smaz9DoKE33VKL321VcoxEUDoCJc 1gtqMjJf+3kVjFpu5556JazHwc19afygRbtiLQwps/VNELRg+V7mZ3a0yuI5Kqr5MBcF VUdmk4hP+1zaP+66gR0USYnunULM9HKHgp6FZY/4Y7kpddtFkdXBMk3aXj6ctVIwnbvK x7oA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWtiQExSSdpAaUIrk38NDZRrJ6ShylqB5Lpoyw230Lkq168oMVn vd1i3PrG9hEyYGWEyq4qbrCMEpE93jGKtFpgiNQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzNsUwZf3d0wd71Sb0obxg3M+dOU6vD/A3M+igaDX27MM/c+/JqvdFA/0n/GumrYpgVSuuWMmq/fqij2GoHyrA= X-Received: by 2002:a67:fc9a:: with SMTP id x26mr4144877vsp.166.1551884861275; Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:07:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20190305091904.GB8256@zn.tnic> <20190305122218.GD13380@bombadil.infradead.org> <20190305134347.4be2449c@alans-desktop> <20190305145717.GD8256@zn.tnic> <20190305173134.GE8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181138.GG8256@zn.tnic> <20190305181808.GH8256@zn.tnic> In-Reply-To: <20190305181808.GH8256@zn.tnic> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2019 16:07:29 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Deprecate a.out support To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Matthew Wilcox , Jann Horn , Al Viro , Thomas Gleixner , kernel list , linux-fsdevel , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , Linux API , Andrew Morton , Richard Weinberger , Anton Ivanov , alpha , linux-m68k Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Borislav, On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:04 PM Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2019 at 07:11:38PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > I guess you could Cc arch maintainers with the a.out-core.h removal > > patch to see if anyone screams. > > And they're like two for which we need confirmation: > > $ git ls-files | grep a.out-core.h > arch/alpha/include/asm/a.out-core.h > arch/m68k/include/asm/a.out-core.h > arch/um/include/asm/a.out-core.h > arch/x86/include/asm/a.out-core.h > > um and x86 are clear. > > Adding alpha and m68k MLs to Cc. Thanks! The oldest binaries I still have lying around (an ext2 ramdisk image, still used from time to time) are ELF, from just after the a.out to ELF transition on m68k. I think it's safe to assume no one still runs a.out binaries on m68k. 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