Re: [PATCH] [RFC] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call (v2)

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Aug 01 2012 - 20:53:38 EST


Sorry misunderstood your offlist mail I can cook up an x32 binary easily enough.

Meredydd Luff <meredydd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On 2 Aug 2012 00:33, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Sorry, you're right. The argument vector needs compatibility
>support.
>> >
>> > This means you need an x32 version of the function
>
>This is why I originally asked you (off-list) whether it was okay to
>omit
>x32 support in the initial patch :)
>
>I have x32 code already, but I don't have the toolchain or glibc to
>test
>it. (Nor the pain tolerance to build the bleeding-edge versions on this
>laptop - unless I really, really need to...)
>
>If you (or someone else with a working x32 toolchain) could build a
>static
>binary from a tiny test program, I could test that code and put it back
>in
>the patch.
>
>Meredydd

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