linux-kernel - Re: struct user . u

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Message-ID: <4724D48B.6000207@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:27:23 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
CC:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: struct user . u_ar0

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 
> Blackfin doesnt support a.out, so it may be easier to just change it
> to "reserved2" (assuming this structure is part of our ABI), or delete
> it (assuming the structure is internal to the kernel only).
> -mike

Blackfin explicitly sets in in arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c, so you 
might want to consider what it is used for.  As far as a.out is 
concerned, it appears to be part of the core dump format.

	-hpa

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