linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] alpha: binfmt

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Message-ID: <20090219094042.GA19049@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:40:42 +0300
From:	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, rth@...ddle.net, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] alpha: binfmt_aout fix

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:52:31PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> It would make sense to register the core, default handlers first and
> to permit arch-specific handlers to then override (or to front-end) the
> core handlers.

Yes, sounds good. I'll make a patch for 2.6.30.

> But that sounds a bit risky for 2.6.29.  Is this fix needed in 2.6.29? 
> If so, perhaps we should merge version 1 as a temporary thing.  But if
> so, please let's not do the temporary-thing-which-hangs-around-forever thing?

Just drop it. The bug is not so terribly critical (I don't think that a lot
of people are using osf binaries these days).

Ivan.
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