linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2)

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Date:	Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:51:31 +0100
From:	Meredydd Luff <meredydd@...atehouse.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2)

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> FWIW, I've just pushed (completely untested) arm and alpha
> parts of what I described into signal.git#execve2; x86 is
> next.  Note that after that sys_execve() is identical on
> converted architectures and can be merged; ditto for
> kernel_execve().  After I do x86 counterpart, I'll
> take those guys to fs/exec.c under ifdef for new __ARCH_HAS_...
> (and define it on already converted ones, obviously).
> Then your patch goes there, except that implementation
> gets put into fs/exec.c, under the same ifdef.  And with
> current_pt_regs() used instead of the extra argument,
> of course.  From that point on it can be used on any converted
> architecture.

OK, that makes sense to me.

What would you need from me, and when? Should I just wait for your
#ifdef-ed sys_execve() in fs/exec.c, and re-spin the patch based on
that?

Is there anything else I can/should do in the meantime to make this
patch acceptable?

Meredydd
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