Re: + aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout.patc h added to -mm tree

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On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 05:45:25PM -0800, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  arch/alpha/kernel/process.c         |   62 -------------------
>  arch/arm/kernel/process.c           |   29 ---------
>  arch/m68k/kernel/process.c          |   47 ---------------
>  arch/sparc/kernel/process.c         |   32 ----------
>  arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c     |    2 
>  arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c |    3 
>  arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c       |   11 ---
>  arch/um/kernel/ksyms.c              |    1 
>  arch/um/kernel/process.c            |   42 +++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c        |   43 -------------
>  fs/Kconfig.binfmt                   |    3 
>  fs/binfmt_aout.c                    |    3 
>  fs/binfmt_elf.c                     |   34 ++++++++--

The bits of fs/binfmt_elf.c which this patch conditionalizes are only
useful with extremly old userlands from the early a.out to ELF transition
time, from like 1994 or so.  I think having an ELF interpreter in a.out
format was only ever experimental so the code should probably be deleted
instead of conditionalized.  I'd be rather surprised if anybody had a
userland of that vintage running with a modern kernel.

  Ralf
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