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=DKIMWL_WL_MED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,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 543C6C43381 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2019 01:09:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DF420838 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2019 01:09:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=amacapital-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@amacapital-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="wftHYMj6" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727014AbfCCBJ3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Mar 2019 20:09:29 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-f48.google.com ([209.85.221.48]:45358 "EHLO mail-wr1-f48.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726592AbfCCBJ3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Mar 2019 20:09:29 -0500 Received: by mail-wr1-f48.google.com with SMTP id w17so1679995wrn.12 for ; Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:09:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=amacapital-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=E8N5Lg6WDE/cWWhEqN+3n6NHgJ52VHWCkUAP2LW0fow=; b=wftHYMj6cLycRmVmXSpdNZyw66JvGP0j5P5dAmeoDamcQ62aJCO05YDWMtRUbsafDL qtmDwX7zWf+VE/Vvfe982DcqogQCzEbp8qddaWahenvgiMKFOM2twGP6JdmWgupJowri 2gOM2GMW1OPzHTuiVw5UzMGBH//16G1iRp38TZx4XRLPKAwesybGNoqHkD+7LPs0VyJx CYMFjTEnBuRD2cBawWBWKu6InogcmnHuQG6Ps2EN+x6aS7mC56bCY8wxwGn/INW3P6jt 3xxj6EWnly6m0Dj4+U/d2usQqjLtO6fLwIj45Zb+akRA4XOkUFSrkFrbF7lZet8Fqr/D 0rIQ== 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=E8N5Lg6WDE/cWWhEqN+3n6NHgJ52VHWCkUAP2LW0fow=; b=b+kcSdDIhE/hki5tkzrn9hHTR2ZPASfCbutOx5hmcHEdf9GYEpZnBoaK1CmtIhgWtL 4+Xg5qIYSF5pWGw8wY/cTiGnXiuy7hMln4j6BxEJE8yhVCGbOlvkVQD9BOLz17dLyhdK gnb+HFzE3R+9Oc3nurQZOuhzdDD+rFdxCPOnu6xNlhb8nFqr9KDrCNq6FkVjSAfNxMSJ WXaPhvMpcI4e8dzASMsA0xm7dpY4fHxryc02e2qftDHuM/KJ678mFga6A5l1LorNWLEf IFLIJTPAD0NKteo07P2V2Rs0ePMQKBLeDkiY1hx7BwLc6R3PICORS6olRaqAWA39FCan sfkg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWuRDMQ5MEDC6uU9iHY2tvR3WMHJ+/NbWEz5FxmBX+rBwq6o6km kWuwh06Ve0MPx15af0jK/YduzYKJOopPgKcUeA6h7g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz9ULINXXWmXt0pLStdSP2eDXcWegSFNbu8/qgzAekf8Yk75+AG/marQYdFiQB5NqOxVEwAcYT+jL8wfcsV6Qw= X-Received: by 2002:adf:8061:: with SMTP id 88mr7681066wrk.77.1551575367415; Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:09:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 17:09:16 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: a.out coredumping: fix or delete? To: Jann Horn Cc: Al Viro , Thomas Gleixner , kernel list , Linux FS Devel , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , Linux API 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 On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 3:57 PM Jann Horn wrote: > > In theory, Linux can dump cores for a.out binaries. In practice, that > code is pretty bitrotten and buggy. Does anyone want that code so much > that they'd like to fix it, or can we just delete it? I would propose just deleting it.