linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 05/43] compat_binfmt

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Message-Id: <200712211355.05173.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:55:04 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 05/43] compat_binfmt_elf

On Thursday 20 December 2007, Roland McGrath wrote:
> This adds fs/compat_binfmt_elf.c, a wrapper around fs/binfmt_elf.c for
> 32-bit ELF support on 64-bit kernels.  It can replace all the hand-rolled
> versions of this that each 32/64 arch has, which are all about the same.

Great stuff! I've attempted to do this a few times over the past years,
but could never get my head around it. One more bit of broken compat
code gone from the architectures!

	Arnd <><
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