Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754508Ab2HBKvy (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2012 06:51:54 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f174.google.com ([209.85.217.174]:60804 "EHLO mail-lb0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754459Ab2HBKvx (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Aug 2012 06:51:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120802103001.GJ6481@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> References: <1343859049-3632-1-git-send-email-meredydd@senatehouse.org> <5019B36A.4030604@zytor.com> <5019BC0E.4010109@zytor.com> <20120802065557.GI6481@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <20120802103001.GJ6481@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> From: Meredydd Luff Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:51:31 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2) To: Al Viro Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Kees Cook , Ingo Molnar , Jeff Dike , Richard Weinberger , Andrew Morton , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1250 Lines: 29 On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Al Viro wrote: > FWIW, I've just pushed (completely untested) arm and alpha > parts of what I described into signal.git#execve2; x86 is > next. Note that after that sys_execve() is identical on > converted architectures and can be merged; ditto for > kernel_execve(). After I do x86 counterpart, I'll > take those guys to fs/exec.c under ifdef for new __ARCH_HAS_... > (and define it on already converted ones, obviously). > Then your patch goes there, except that implementation > gets put into fs/exec.c, under the same ifdef. And with > current_pt_regs() used instead of the extra argument, > of course. From that point on it can be used on any converted > architecture. OK, that makes sense to me. What would you need from me, and when? Should I just wait for your #ifdef-ed sys_execve() in fs/exec.c, and re-spin the patch based on that? Is there anything else I can/should do in the meantime to make this patch acceptable? Meredydd -- 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/