linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uapi/linux/a.out.h: don't use deprecated system-specific predefines.

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:10:14 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Zack Weinberg <zackw@...ix.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uapi/linux/a.out.h: don't use deprecated system-specific
 predefines.

>  /* Address of data segment in memory after it is loaded.
>     Note that it is up to you to define SEGMENT_SIZE
>     on machines not listed here.  */
> -#if defined(vax) || defined(hp300) || defined(pyr)
> +#if defined(__vax__) || defined(__hp300__) || defined(__pyr__)
>  #define SEGMENT_SIZE page_size
>  #endif
> -#ifdef	sony
> +#ifdef	__sony__
>  #define	SEGMENT_SIZE	0x2000
>  #endif	/* Sony.  */
> -#ifdef is68k
> +#ifdef __is68k__
>  #define SEGMENT_SIZE 0x20000
>  #endif
> -#if defined(m68k) && defined(PORTAR)
> +#if defined(__m68k__) && defined(__PORTAR__)
>  #define PAGE_SIZE 0x400
>  #define SEGMENT_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
>  #endif

Can we please fix these conditionals so that only those
relevant to Linux remain?  e.g. something like the patch below:


diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h b/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h
index 7caf44c7fa51..295cd3ef6330 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/a.out.h
@@ -112,24 +112,7 @@ enum machine_type {
 #define N_TXTADDR(x) (N_MAGIC(x) == QMAGIC ? PAGE_SIZE : 0)
 #endif
 
-/* Address of data segment in memory after it is loaded.
-   Note that it is up to you to define SEGMENT_SIZE
-   on machines not listed here.  */
-#if defined(vax) || defined(hp300) || defined(pyr)
-#define SEGMENT_SIZE page_size
-#endif
-#ifdef	sony
-#define	SEGMENT_SIZE	0x2000
-#endif	/* Sony.  */
-#ifdef is68k
-#define SEGMENT_SIZE 0x20000
-#endif
-#if defined(m68k) && defined(PORTAR)
-#define PAGE_SIZE 0x400
-#define SEGMENT_SIZE PAGE_SIZE
-#endif
-
-#ifdef linux
+/* Address of data segment in memory after it is loaded. */
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -142,7 +125,6 @@ enum machine_type {
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #define _N_SEGMENT_ROUND(x) ALIGN(x, SEGMENT_SIZE)
 
@@ -260,13 +242,7 @@ struct relocation_info
   unsigned int r_extern:1;
   /* Four bits that aren't used, but when writing an object file
      it is desirable to clear them.  */
-#ifdef NS32K
-  unsigned r_bsr:1;
-  unsigned r_disp:1;
-  unsigned r_pad:2;
-#else
   unsigned int r_pad:4;
-#endif
 };
 #endif /* no N_RELOCATION_INFO_DECLARED.  */