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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] disallow modular binfmt_elf32
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    On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 08:06 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote:
    > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 08:05:54PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
    > > Currently most architectures either always build binfmt_elf32 in the
    > > kernel image or make it a boolean option. Only sparc64 and s390 allow
    > > to build it modularly. This patch turns the option into a boolean
    > > aswell because elf requires various symbols that shouldn't be available
    > > to modules. The most urgent one is tasklist_lock whos export this patch
    > > series kills, but there are others like force_sgi aswell.
    > > [...]
    > > Index: linux-2.6/arch/s390/Kconfig
    > > ===================================================================
    > > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/s390/Kconfig 2006-07-06 14:21:17.000000000 +0200
    > > +++ linux-2.6/arch/s390/Kconfig 2006-07-08 19:08:46.000000000 +0200
    > > @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
    > > default y
    > >
    > > config BINFMT_ELF32
    > > - tristate "Kernel support for 31 bit ELF binaries"
    > > + bool "Kernel support for 31 bit ELF binaries"
    > > depends on COMPAT
    > > help
    >
    > Martin and I discussed this already a few days ago. This config option
    > should go away on s390, since everybody who wants CONFIG_COMPAT also wants
    > CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF32. See patch below which applies on top of yours:

    Yes, the removal of the BINFMT_ELF32 Kconfig option has been part of the
    s390 Kconfig cleanup patch as well, it is supposed to go away.

    --
    blue skies,
    Martin.

    Martin Schwidefsky
    Linux for zSeries Development & Services
    IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

    "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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