Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:16:12 -0500
From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
To: Samium Gromoff <_deepfire@feelingofgreen.ru>
Cc: Alan <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Define the EF_AS_NO_RANDOM e_flag bit
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:06:45AM +0300, Samium Gromoff wrote:
> Should we introduce per-arch asm/elf.h files to hold the relevant flag definitions then?

On some architectures there are no bits left.  On others you'd need to go
through whomever maintains the relevant psABI to get a bit officially
allocated.  Really, it is very bad idea to use e_flags for this.

If all you care about is running setuid LISP programs, you'd much better put
your energy into fixing the buggy ELF dumper in it.

	Jakub
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