Linus Torvalds 08300f4402 a.out: remove core dumping support ... We're (finally) phasing out a.out support for good. As Borislav Petkov points out, we've supported ELF binaries for about 25 years by now, and coredumping in particular has bitrotted over the years. None of the tool chains even support generating a.out binaries any more, and the plan is to deprecate a.out support entirely for the kernel. But I want to start with just removing the core dumping code, because I can still imagine that somebody actually might want to support a.out as a simpler biinary format. Particularly if you generate some random binaries on the fly, ELF is a much more complicated format (admittedly ELF also does have a lot of toolchain support, mitigating that complexity a lot and you really should have moved over in the last 25 years). So it's at least somewhat possible that somebody out there has some workflow that still involves generating and running a.out executables. In contrast, it's very unlikely that anybody depends on debugging any legacy a.out core files. But regardless, I want this phase-out to be done in two steps, so that we can resurrect a.out support (if needed) without having to resurrect the core file dumping that is almost certainly not needed. Jann Horn pointed to the <asm/a.out-core.h> file that my first trivial cut at this had missed. And Alan Cox points out that the a.out binary loader _could_ be done in user space if somebody wants to, but we might keep just the loader in the kernel if somebody really wants it, since the loader isn't that big and has no really odd special cases like the core dumping does. Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2019-03-05 10:00:35 -08:00
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9p	Merge branch 'work.afs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2018-11-01 19:58:52 -07:00
adfs	adfs: use timespec64 for time conversion	2018-08-22 10:52:51 -07:00
affs	affs: fix potential memory leak when parsing option 'prefix'	2018-05-28 12:36:41 +02:00
afs	afs: Fix manually set volume location server list	2019-02-25 11:59:07 -08:00
autofs	autofs: fix error return in autofs_fill_super()	2019-02-01 15:46:24 -08:00
befs	fix a series of Documentation/ broken file name references	2018-06-15 18:10:01 -03:00
bfs	bfs: extra sanity checking and static inode bitmap	2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
btrfs	for-5.0-rc4-tag	2019-02-03 08:48:33 -08:00
cachefiles	fscache, cachefiles: remove redundant variable 'cache'	2018-11-30 16:00:58 +00:00
ceph	ceph: avoid repeatedly adding inode to mdsc->snap_flush_list	2019-02-18 18:08:29 +01:00
cifs	cifs: update internal module version number	2019-01-31 07:05:06 -06:00
coda	vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64	2018-06-05 16:57:31 -07:00
configfs	configfs: fix registered group removal	2018-07-17 06:14:07 -07:00
cramfs	Make the Cramfs code more robust against filesystem corruptions,	2018-10-30 12:46:25 -07:00
crypto	crypto: clarify name of WEAK_KEY request flag	2019-01-25 18:41:52 +08:00
debugfs	debugfs: debugfs_lookup() should return NULL if not found	2019-01-30 12:39:49 +01:00
devpts	devpts: Convert to new IDA API	2018-08-21 23:54:17 -04:00
dlm	socket: Rename SO_RCVTIMEO/ SO_SNDTIMEO with _OLD suffixes	2019-02-03 11:17:31 -08:00
ecryptfs	crypto: clarify name of WEAK_KEY request flag	2019-01-25 18:41:52 +08:00
efivarfs	efivars: Call guid_parse() against guid_t type of variable	2018-07-22 14:13:44 +02:00
efs	…
exofs	exofs_mount(): fix leaks on failure exits	2018-12-17 18:36:33 -05:00
exportfs	exportfs: do not read dentry after free	2018-11-23 09:08:17 -05:00
ext2	\n	2018-12-27 17:00:35 -08:00
ext4	Revert "ext4: use ext4_write_inode() when fsyncing w/o a journal"	2019-01-31 23:41:11 -05:00
f2fs	f2fs-for-4.21-rc1	2018-12-31 09:41:37 -08:00
fat	Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)	2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
freevxfs	freevxfs_lookup(): use d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:51 -04:00
fscache	fscache: fix race between enablement and dropping of object	2018-11-30 15:57:31 +00:00
fuse	fuse: decrement NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP on the right page	2019-01-16 10:27:59 +01:00
gfs2	Revert "gfs2: read journal in large chunks to locate the head"	2019-02-14 09:52:51 -08:00
hfs	hfs: do not free node before using	2018-11-30 14:56:14 -08:00
hfsplus	hfsplus: return file attributes on statx	2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
hostfs	vfs: discard ATTR_ATTR_FLAG	2018-08-17 16:20:28 -07:00
hpfs	hpfs: remove unnecessary checks on the value of r when assigning error code	2018-08-25 12:42:33 -07:00
hugetlbfs	hugetlbfs: fix races and page leaks during migration	2019-03-01 09:02:33 -08:00
isofs	Update email address	2018-09-29 22:47:48 -04:00
jbd2	jbd2: clean up indentation issue, replace spaces with tab	2018-12-04 00:20:10 -05:00
jffs2	jffs2: Fix use of uninitialized delayed_work, lockdep breakage	2018-12-02 09:20:34 +01:00
jfs	jfs: remove redundant dquot_initialize() in jfs_evict_inode()	2018-09-20 09:28:49 -05:00
kernfs	fix cgroup_do_mount() handling of failure exits	2019-01-17 11:52:49 -05:00
lockd	NFS client updates for Linux 4.21	2019-01-02 16:35:23 -08:00
minix	minix_lookup: use d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:52 -04:00
nfs	Merge branch 'fixes-v5.1-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security	2019-02-20 09:09:33 -08:00
nfs_common	…
nfsd	Revert "nfsd4: return default lease period"	2019-02-14 12:33:19 -05:00
nilfs2	nilfs2: Use xa_erase_irq	2018-11-05 14:57:05 -05:00
nls	…
notify	inotify: Fix fd refcount leak in inotify_add_watch().	2019-01-02 18:28:37 +01:00
ntfs	mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic	2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
ocfs2	Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)	2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
omfs	omfs_lookup(): report IO errors, use d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:58 -04:00
openpromfs	fs/openpromfs: Use of_node_name_eq for node name comparisons	2018-11-18 13:35:19 -08:00
orangefs	orangefs: remove two un-needed BUG_ONs...	2019-02-20 15:12:52 -05:00
overlayfs	Revert "ovl: relax permission checking on underlying layers"	2018-12-04 11:31:30 +01:00
proc	proc, oom: do not report alien mms when setting oom_score_adj	2019-02-21 09:01:00 -08:00
pstore	pstore/ram: Avoid allocation and leak of platform data	2019-01-20 14:44:52 -08:00
qnx4	qnx4_lookup: use d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:52 -04:00
qnx6	qnx6_lookup: switch to d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:54 -04:00
quota	quota: Lock s_umount in exclusive mode for Q_XQUOTA{ON,OFF} quotactls.	2018-12-18 18:29:15 +01:00
ramfs	…
reiserfs	reiserfs: remove workaround code for GCC 3.x	2018-10-31 08:54:14 -07:00
romfs	romfs_lookup: switch to d_splice_alias()	2018-05-22 14:27:55 -04:00
squashfs	Squashfs: Compute expected length from inode size rather than block length	2018-08-02 09:34:02 -07:00
sysfs	sysfs: convert BUG_ON to WARN_ON	2019-01-07 08:53:32 +01:00
sysv	sysv: return 'err' instead of 0 in __sysv_write_inode	2018-11-10 08:02:40 -05:00
tracefs	tracefs: Annotate tracefs_ops with __ro_after_init	2018-07-31 11:32:44 -04:00
ubifs	mm: migrate: drop unused argument of migrate_page_move_mapping()	2018-12-28 12:11:51 -08:00
udf	\n	2018-12-27 17:00:35 -08:00
ufs	fs/ufs: use ktime_get_real_seconds for sb and cg timestamps	2018-08-17 16:20:27 -07:00
xfs	xfs: set buffer ops when repair probes for btree type	2019-02-03 14:03:59 -08:00
Kconfig	autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs	2018-06-11 08:22:34 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt	kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt	2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
Makefile	autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs	2018-06-11 08:22:34 -07:00
aio.c	Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2019-03-04 13:24:27 -08:00
anon_inodes.c	anon_inode_getfile(): switch to alloc_file_pseudo()	2018-07-12 10:04:27 -04:00
attr.c	fs: Fix attr.c kernel-doc	2018-07-03 16:44:45 -04:00
bad_inode.c	get rid of 'opened' argument of ->atomic_open() - part 3	2018-07-12 10:04:20 -04:00
binfmt_aout.c	a.out: remove core dumping support	2019-03-05 10:00:35 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c	signal: Distinguish between kernel_siginfo and siginfo	2018-10-03 16:47:43 +02:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c	treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array()	2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c	…
binfmt_flat.c	…
binfmt_misc.c	turn filp_clone_open() into inline wrapper for dentry_open()	2018-07-10 23:29:03 -04:00
binfmt_script.c	exec: load_script: Do not exec truncated interpreter path	2019-02-18 16:49:36 -08:00
block_dev.c	blockdev: Fix livelocks on loop device	2019-01-15 07:30:56 -07:00
buffer.c	fs: ratelimit __find_get_block_slow() failure message.	2019-02-06 12:58:56 -07:00
char_dev.c	…
compat.c	ncpfs: remove compat functionality	2018-06-05 19:23:26 +02:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c	y2038: globally rename compat_time to old_time32	2018-08-27 14:48:48 +02:00
compat_ioctl.c	media updates for v4.20-rc1	2018-10-29 14:29:58 -07:00
coredump.c	signal: Distinguish between kernel_siginfo and siginfo	2018-10-03 16:47:43 +02:00
d_path.c	…
dax.c	dax fix 4.21	2018-12-31 09:46:39 -08:00
dcache.c	fs/dcache: Track & report number of negative dentries	2019-01-30 11:02:11 -08:00
dcookies.c	…
direct-io.c	direct-io: allow direct writes to empty inodes	2019-01-22 08:26:44 -07:00
drop_caches.c	fs/drop_caches.c: avoid softlockups in drop_pagecache_sb()	2019-02-01 15:46:24 -08:00
eventfd.c	Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL	2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
eventpoll.c	Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)	2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
exec.c	exec: Fix mem leak in kernel_read_file	2019-02-18 21:26:24 -05:00
fcntl.c	signal: Distinguish between kernel_siginfo and siginfo	2018-10-03 16:47:43 +02:00
fhandle.c	…
file.c	Char/Misc driver patches for 4.21-rc1	2018-12-28 20:54:57 -08:00
file_table.c	mm: convert totalram_pages and totalhigh_pages variables to atomic	2018-12-28 12:11:47 -08:00
filesystems.c	…
fs-writeback.c	writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches	2019-01-22 14:39:38 -07:00
fs_pin.c	…
fs_struct.c	…
inode.c	Revert "mm: don't reclaim inodes with many attached pages"	2019-02-12 16:33:18 -08:00
internal.h	overlayfs update for 4.19	2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
ioctl.c	Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function	2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
iomap.c	iomap: fix a use after free in iomap_dio_rw	2019-01-27 08:47:42 -08:00
libfs.c	…
locks.c	locks: fix error in locks_move_blocks()	2019-01-02 20:14:50 -05:00
mbcache.c	treewide: kmalloc() -> kmalloc_array()	2018-06-12 16:19:22 -07:00
mount.h	…
mpage.c	mpage: mpage_readpages() should submit IO as read-ahead	2018-08-17 16:20:29 -07:00
namei.c	Revert "vfs: Allow userns root to call mknod on owned filesystems."	2018-12-22 14:18:34 -08:00
namespace.c	Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2019-03-04 13:24:27 -08:00
no-block.c	…
nsfs.c	…
open.c	overlayfs update for 4.19	2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
pipe.c	Merge branch 'work.open3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs	2018-08-13 19:58:36 -07:00
pnode.c	vfs: Suppress MS_* flag defs within the kernel unless explicitly enabled	2018-12-20 16:32:56 +00:00
pnode.h	…
posix_acl.c	…
proc_namespace.c	…
read_write.c	get rid of legacy 'get_ds()' function	2019-03-04 10:50:14 -08:00
readdir.c	Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function	2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
select.c	Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function	2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
seq_file.c	fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration code and interface	2018-08-17 16:20:28 -07:00
signalfd.c	signal: Distinguish between kernel_siginfo and siginfo	2018-10-03 16:47:43 +02:00
splice.c	fs: Make splice() and tee() take into account O_NONBLOCK flag on pipes	2019-03-04 16:10:17 -08:00
stack.c	…
stat.c	y2038: Remove newstat family from default syscall set	2018-08-29 15:42:20 +02:00
statfs.c	kernel: add kcompat_sys_{f,}statfs64()	2018-07-12 14:49:48 +01:00
super.c	mount_fs: suppress MAC on MS_SUBMOUNT as well as MS_KERNMOUNT	2018-12-21 11:51:23 -05:00
sync.c	…
timerfd.c	y2038: globally rename compat_time to old_time32	2018-08-27 14:48:48 +02:00
userfaultfd.c	userfaultfd: clear flag if remap event not enabled	2018-12-28 12:11:51 -08:00
utimes.c	y2038: utimes: Rework #ifdef guards for compat syscalls	2018-08-29 15:42:23 +02:00
xattr.c	sysfs: Do not return POSIX ACL xattrs via listxattr	2018-09-18 07:30:48 -04:00