Re: [PATCH] binfmt: remove taso from linux_binprm struct

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Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 05:17:28PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > With commit 987f20a9dcce ("a.out: Remove the a.out implementation"), the
>> > use of the special taso flag for alpha architectures in the linux_binprm
>> > struct is gone.
>> >
>> > Remove the definition of taso in the linux_binprm struct.
>> >
>> > No functional change.
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Alphas binfmt_loader is the only use I can find of that variable
>> so let's kill it as well.
>
> Ah, sorry, misparsed this -- you mean, alpha's use (now removed) was the
> only place it was accessed. Agreed. :)

Yes.  I was looking in a tree without my previous change merged.

The code in binfmt_loader (which is removed in the my change) was the
only user of that variable I could find.

Eric



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