Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Bodo Eggert]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:

> It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always
> disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
> 
> Is there any reason against removing it completely?

Maybe embedded systems.
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Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Lee Revell]

On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 11:28 +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> 
> > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always
> > disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
> > 
> > Is there any reason against removing it completely?
> 
> Maybe embedded systems.

The comments in the code say it's for backwards compatibility:

(from include/linux/highuid.h)

 *
 * CONFIG_UID16 is defined if the given architecture needs to
 * support backwards compatibility for old system calls.
 *

This implies that removing it would break some applications, right?

Lee

Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always
>> > disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
>> > 
>> > Is there any reason against removing it completely?
>> 
>> Maybe embedded systems.
>
>The comments in the code say it's for backwards compatibility:
>
>(from include/linux/highuid.h)
>
> *
> * CONFIG_UID16 is defined if the given architecture needs to
> * support backwards compatibility for old system calls.
> *
>
>This implies that removing it would break some applications, right?


So what are the most recent apps that still use them, and for what kernel 
were they originally designed?



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Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 23:33 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always
> >> > disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
> >> > 
> >> > Is there any reason against removing it completely?
> >> 
> >> Maybe embedded systems.
> >
> >The comments in the code say it's for backwards compatibility:
> >
> >(from include/linux/highuid.h)
> >
> > *
> > * CONFIG_UID16 is defined if the given architecture needs to
> > * support backwards compatibility for old system calls.
> > *
> >
> >This implies that removing it would break some applications, right?
> 
> 
> So what are the most recent apps that still use them, and for what kernel 
> were they originally designed?

I don't think this is a productive line of reasoning, even if we could
not identify one such app.  We should not break user visible APIs
without a compelling reason.

Lee

Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Bill Davidsen]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:18:07PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>
>>>It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always 
>>>disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
>>>
>>>Is there any reason against removing it completely?
>>
>>Yes, it breaks backwards-compatilbity for not even that old binaries.
>>
>>There's not way we're ever going to remove it.
> 
> 
> You are right.
> 
> Sorry, this was a dumb idea

The question is, did you prove that (a) the people who need it are smart 
enough to set it, or (b) the people who need it are not testing -mm kernels.

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Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Matt Mackall]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always 
> disabled in the latest -mm kernels.

Hmm, did I break it?

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Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 01:18:07PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always 
> > disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
> > 
> > Is there any reason against removing it completely?
> 
> Yes, it breaks backwards-compatilbity for not even that old binaries.
> 
> There's not way we're ever going to remove it.

You are right.

Sorry, this was a dumb idea

cu
Adrian

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Re: remove CONFIG_UID16

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 05:44:10AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always 
> disabled in the latest -mm kernels.
> 
> Is there any reason against removing it completely?

Yes, it breaks backwards-compatilbity for not even that old binaries.

There's not way we're ever going to remove it.

remove CONFIG_UID16

[Adrian Bunk]

It seems noone noticed that CONFIG_UID16 was accidentially always 
disabled in the latest -mm kernels.

Is there any reason against removing it completely?

cu
Adrian

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