Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC800C433F5 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237487AbiAMSI5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:08:57 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58458 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230329AbiAMSI4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:08:56 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-x52a.google.com (mail-pg1-x52a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::52a]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AB32C061574 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:08:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-pg1-x52a.google.com with SMTP id j27so540640pgj.3 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:08:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=chromium.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=owfK01Qb37euHxpDEyn3tneo66/v6FhJTLsD0uzW7lI=; b=OQT405/Fj+GP8vAYppayq5u8ak3mEhOqp6jTjXyH6XR9Hxtlptd4UxtYhCyZCMZeiW R7y5Wlj5czCtRt/TCFB5PiKEPejVWXzbPJkcZVbFm284f1MSN5SXyj0gITJKzeGM0JL5 xuDwwmwI+0eUuZ8QBmUyudqjTvXjsaHEh4KaU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=owfK01Qb37euHxpDEyn3tneo66/v6FhJTLsD0uzW7lI=; b=psLkybfDQKM8RYwNC80H7j5EdA4XnrO1z0nFkpBp0SR16fPHMscHzQwUWh7aPRPfpq mVLtUUtRaRgiyjxY+DEWaHBm7pvAVddxqp/u6zkYjWhlyWEaJYNZNutMGS1xTRWsI0MU 8Rl1h/UWQOiqKpxr3YPaPVGyVRacObUn2OuXdJkEafEkfd0yGuAEMcKg1rgEs4rwoXjt E2+CekfzBaN1EuHLWEHdzaML2k6+b+sk9I1Y79ijQrkgmcbl/NHT5siml6kpdIJQDnZY GK731ZTUt+a5ujBYUkG8HiSNfus7nRL6B3Lz9BXcmKyH/fPsbijY9L4SVetkkz6RpYIE 9qJw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5333d36NLZAAwA9c7tf3mAy3KfZYMlsyjAf37qQJTKS+ECzCFDZV fqbEFPqe5YdoBbXvNgYV0DTmcQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJztob53LUlDkz5iRoa/0K8XDFaUOgQjQMotK5dltFGHb0sU/EDGQ7r7+SCs8oiIvf8m/pnEyA== X-Received: by 2002:a63:36c1:: with SMTP id d184mr4827586pga.102.1642097335744; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:08:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.outflux.net (smtp.outflux.net. [198.145.64.163]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k8sm3649361pfu.72.2022.01.13.10.08.55 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:08:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:08:54 -0800 From: Kees Cook To: Borislav Petkov Cc: X86 ML , Arnd Bergmann , Eric Biederman , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Remove a.out support Message-ID: <202201131008.E951797F@keescook> References: <20220113160115.5375-1-bp@alien8.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20220113160115.5375-1-bp@alien8.de> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 05:01:15PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > From: Borislav Petkov > > Commit > > eac616557050 ("x86: Deprecate a.out support") > > deprecated a.out support with the promise to remove it a couple of > releases later. That commit landed in v5.1. > > Now it is more than a couple of releases later, no one has complained so > remove it. > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Yes please. :) Reviewed-by: Kees Cook -- Kees Cook