Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:08:53 +0100 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: fs/exec.c and binfmt-xxx in 2.4.14 |
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Heinz-Ado Arnolds wrote: > > Hi Linus, Hi Alan, Hi all, > > I have a problem with loading modules for binary formats. The > reason for this problem shows up in fs/exec.c search_binary_handler(). > > Starting with linux-2.1.23 (and up to 2.4.14) there was a change > in the format and offset of printing the magic number for requesting > a handler module. Up to 2.1.22 the statement
That is a time span of several years during which nobody realized there was a problem with this. Therefore I would rather request for removal of the whole binfmt-misc stuff (which is ugly anyway) rather then "fixing it" ;-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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