[PATCH] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc P flag to the interpreter

[Laurent Vivier]

Le 06/03/2020 à 09:37, Florian Weimer a écrit :
> * Laurent Vivier:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> You still need to define AT_FLAGS_PRESERVE_ARGV0.  At that point, you
> might as well define AT_BINFMT and AT_BINFMT_PRESERVE_ARGV0.
> 

Yes, you're right.

But is there any reason to not reuse AT_FLAGS?

Thanks,
Laurent