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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/binfmt_elf.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index fb8258ebc577..280ec06573e6 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ Who: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de> --------------------------- +What: a.out interpreter support for ELF executables +When: 2.6.25 +Files: fs/binfmt_elf.c +Why: Using a.out interpreters for ELF executables was a feature for + transition from a.out to ELF. But now it is unlikely to be still + needed anymore and removing it would simplify the hairy ELF + loader code. +Who: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> + +--------------------------- + What: remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread) When: August 2006 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c index 3dc6a123fa10..66cd711a6b1a 100644 --- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c @@ -730,6 +730,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs) /* Some simple consistency checks for the interpreter */ if (elf_interpreter) { + static int warn; interpreter_type = INTERPRETER_ELF | INTERPRETER_AOUT; /* Now figure out which format our binary is */ @@ -741,6 +742,13 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs) if (memcmp(loc->interp_elf_ex.e_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0) interpreter_type &= ~INTERPRETER_ELF; + if (interpreter_type == INTERPRETER_AOUT && warn < 10) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "a.out ELF interpreter %s is " + "deprecated and will not be supported " + "after Linux 2.6.25\n", elf_interpreter); + warn++; + } + retval = -ELIBBAD; if (!interpreter_type) goto out_free_dentry; |