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| From | Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [RFC 2/4] x86/thread_info: kill TIF_ADDR32 in favour of ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT |
| Date | 2016-12-31 02:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sUgOl-4AL-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sUgOl-4AL-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <sUgOl-4AL-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Dmitry Safonov <dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> wrote: > This thread flag is completely x86-specific, consolidate it with > ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT personality which is defined but not used on x86. > It will free one of thread flags and consolidate personality with > other arches. > After this commit ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT is set by the kernel automatically > in COMPAT_SET_PERSONALITY() for 32-bit ELF files and for 32-bit a.out. > It's cleared in SET_PERSONALITY() for 64-bit ELFs. I'm okay with this as a plain cleanup, but I'm not convinced that this is really the right long-term solution. See next email.
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Re: [RFC 2/4] x86/thread_info: kill TIF_ADDR32 in favour of ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-31 02:40 +0100
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