linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: Fix binfmt

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Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:47:21 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Jan Sembera <jsembera@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, ink@...assic.park.msu.ru,
	stable@...nel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: Fix binfmt_misc priority

On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:20:03 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:15:20 +0200
> Jan Sembera <jsembera@...e.cz> wrote:
> 
> > Commit 74641f584da introduced a regression - binfmt_misc is now consulted
> > after binfmt_elf, which will unfortunately break ia32el. ia32 ELF binaries
> > on ia64 used to be matched using binfmt_misc and executed using wrapper. As
> > 32bit binaries are now matched by binfmt_elf before bindmt_misc kicks in,
> > the wrapper is ignored.

> Yikes, 74641f584da was merged in May 2009.  I wonder why this problem
> wasn't noticed before now?

I posted about this on Sep 15, 2009:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125298891709482&w=4
"binfmt_misc takes precedence over binfmt_script in 2.6.30"

I also copied the author of the original patch, but there was no reply.
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