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Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc P flag to the interpreter
- From: Laurent Vivier <laurent at vivier dot eu>
- To: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>, YunQiang Su <syq at debian dot org>
- Cc: torvalds at linux-foundation dot org, gregkh at linuxfoundation dot org, akpm at linux-foundation dot org, viro at zeniv dot linux dot org dot uk, James dot Bottomley at hansenpartnership dot com, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-arch at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 09:21:46 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc P flag to the interpreter
- References: <20200306080905.173466-1-syq@debian.org> <87r1y53npd.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Le 06/03/2020 à 09:13, Florian Weimer a écrit :
> * YunQiang Su:
>
>> + if (bprm->interp_flags & BINPRM_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0)
>> + flags |= AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0;
>> + NEW_AUX_ENT(AT_FLAGS, flags);
>
> Is it necessary to reuse AT_FLAGS? I think it's cleaner to define a
> separate AT_ tag dedicated to binfmt_misc.
>
Not necessary, but it seemed simpler and cleaner to re-use a flag that
is marked as unused and with a name matching the new role. It avoids to
patch other packages (like glibc) to add it as it is already defined.
Thanks,
Laurent