linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Android Binder IPC Fixes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20130430100431.GA3973@shutemov.name>
Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:04:31 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:	Serban Constantinescu <Serban.Constantinescu@....com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"kernel-team@...roid.com" <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	"arve@...roid.com" <arve@...roid.com>,
	"john.stultz@...aro.org" <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Dave Butcher <Dave.Butcher@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Android Binder IPC Fixes

On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 09:52:34AM +0100, Serban Constantinescu wrote:
> Hi Kirill,
> 
> On 30/04/13 08:31, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> >On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 01:25:49PM +0100, Serban Constantinescu wrote:
> >>The patch set has been successfully tested with a 64bit Linux userspace and
> >>64bit binder unit-tests.
> >>
> >>This patch set has been successfully tested on 32bit platforms(ARMv7 VExpress)
> >>and 64bit platforms(ARMv8 RTSM) running a 32bit Android userspace and an in
> >>kernel binder compat layer.
> >
> >I've tried to replace ugly hack with your patches to be able to boot
> >32-bit userspace on x86-64. It fails. :(
> >
> 
> This patch set fixes the binder interface so that it works on 32/32
> or 64/64 systems and preps the driver for the compat layer - 64bit
> kernel/32bit userspace. As discussed with the Android developers the
> binder compat will live in the userspace.

Does the compat layer already exist or it's a plan?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/