From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 20:00:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdVFS1GZ_mkC3t6aZoUJKGxXsZxk_M7wSza4=Nwfi4_6Rw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YeHHrb3RGYxARLCC@mit.edu>
Hi Ted,
On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:58 PM Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:52:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:36 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> 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 ;-)
>
> And Alpha's a.out Netscape binary is what required OSF/1 compatible
> system calls, so if and when we ever can nuke a.out Alpha support, so
> perhaps there might also be an opporunity to remove OSF/1
> compatibility support...
As we seem to be reiterating a discussion from 2019, let's read last
time's summary first:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/deprecating-aout-binaries
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
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-14 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-13 16:01 [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support Borislav Petkov
2022-01-13 18:08 ` Kees Cook
2022-01-13 18:47 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-13 22:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-01-14 4:06 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-14 10:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-01-14 19:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-01-14 9:51 ` David Laight
2022-01-14 14:52 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-01-14 18:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2022-01-14 19:00 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2022-01-14 19:12 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-01-14 19:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-01-14 19:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-01-15 11:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-01-15 19:42 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2022-03-09 20:03 ` [PATCH] a.out: Stop building a.out/osf1 support on alpha and m68k Eric W. Biederman
2022-03-09 20:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-03-09 22:02 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-09 22:04 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-10 23:29 ` [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support Eric W. Biederman
2022-03-10 23:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2022-03-11 8:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-03-11 10:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-03-10 8:09 ` [PATCH] a.out: Stop building a.out/osf1 support on alpha and m68k Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-01-15 4:54 ` [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support David Laight
2022-03-11 14:40 ` [tip: x86/cleanups] " tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2022-04-11 17:42 ` tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov
2022-03-12 17:54 [PATCH] " James Jones
2022-03-12 18:06 ` James Jones
2022-03-13 11:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-03-13 18:26 ` James Jones
2022-03-15 9:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-03-15 19:51 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-16 5:06 ` James Jones
2022-03-16 12:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-03-16 22:30 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-17 2:04 ` James Jones
2022-03-17 2:08 ` David Laight
2022-03-17 10:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-03-17 18:53 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-17 2:32 ` David Laight
2022-03-17 3:22 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-16 16:10 ` Kees Cook
2022-03-16 17:05 ` David Laight
2022-04-02 22:14 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-04-03 2:24 ` Kees Cook
2022-04-04 11:03 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2022-04-04 17:07 ` David Laight
2022-04-04 18:18 ` Kees Cook
2022-04-04 8:24 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
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