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Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc P flag to the interpreter
- From: Laurent Vivier <laurent at vivier dot eu>
- To: YunQiang Su <syq at debian dot org>, Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Cc: torvalds at linux-foundation dot org, Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation dot org>, akpm at linux-foundation dot org, Al Viro <viro at zeniv dot linux dot org dot uk>, James Bottomley <James dot Bottomley at hansenpartnership dot com>, linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-fsdevel at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-arch at vger dot kernel dot org, linux-api at vger dot kernel dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 13:07:35 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc P flag to the interpreter
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Le 06/03/2020 à 12:48, YunQiang Su a écrit :
> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> 于2020年3月6日周五 下午7:42写道：
>>
>> * YunQiang Su:
>>
>>> AT_* only has 32 slot and now. I was afraid that maybe we shouldn't take one.
>>> /* AT_* values 18 through 22 are reserved */
>>> 27,28,29,30 are not used now.
>>> Which should we use?
>>
>> Where does this limit of 32 tags come from? I don't see it from a
>> userspace perspective.
>
> Sorry it is my mistake: In linux/auxvec.h, I saw
>
> #define AT_RANDOM 25 /* address of 16 random bytes */
> #define AT_HWCAP2 26 /* extension of AT_HWCAP */
>
> #define AT_EXECFN 31 /* filename of program */
>
> The number jump to 31 from 26.
>
> It is my fault: in x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/auxv.h, the max number is 47 now.
>
Numbers starting from 32 are arch specific.
18 to 22 are also reserved (and used by some archs).
(linux/arch/*/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h)
So there is only 4 entries available (27 to 30)
(linux/include/uapi/linux/auxvec.h)
Do we want to waste one more entry whereas we can use an unused one?
Thanks,
Laurent