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x86: remove iBCS support
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ibcs2 support has never been supported on 2.6 kernels as far as I know,
and if it has it must have been an external patch.  Anyways, if anybody
applies an external patch they could as well readd the ibcs checking
code to the ELF loader in the same patch.  But there is no reason to
keep this code running in all Linux kernels.  This will save at least
two strcmps each ELF execution.

No deprecation period because it could not have been used anyway.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
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Andi Kleen authored and Ingo Molnar committed Jan 30, 2008
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15 changes: 3 additions & 12 deletions fs/binfmt_elf.c
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Expand Up @@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
int load_addr_set = 0;
char * elf_interpreter = NULL;
unsigned int interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_NONE;
unsigned char ibcs2_interpreter = 0;
unsigned long error;
struct elf_phdr *elf_ppnt, *elf_phdata;
unsigned long elf_bss, elf_brk;
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if (elf_interpreter[elf_ppnt->p_filesz - 1] != '\0')
goto out_free_interp;

/* If the program interpreter is one of these two,
* then assume an iBCS2 image. Otherwise assume
* a native linux image.
*/
if (strcmp(elf_interpreter,"/usr/lib/libc.so.1") == 0 ||
strcmp(elf_interpreter,"/usr/lib/ld.so.1") == 0)
ibcs2_interpreter = 1;

/*
* The early SET_PERSONALITY here is so that the lookup
* for the interpreter happens in the namespace of the
Expand All @@ -740,7 +731,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
* switch really is going to happen - do this in
* flush_thread(). - akpm
*/
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, ibcs2_interpreter);
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, 0);

interpreter = open_exec(elf_interpreter);
retval = PTR_ERR(interpreter);
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goto out_free_dentry;
} else {
/* Executables without an interpreter also need a personality */
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, ibcs2_interpreter);
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, 0);
}

/* OK, we are done with that, now set up the arg stuff,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -853,7 +844,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)

/* Do this immediately, since STACK_TOP as used in setup_arg_pages
may depend on the personality. */
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, ibcs2_interpreter);
SET_PERSONALITY(loc->elf_ex, 0);
if (elf_read_implies_exec(loc->elf_ex, executable_stack))
current->personality |= READ_IMPLIES_EXEC;

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