Re: + fs-binfmts-add-a-name-field-to-the-binfmt-struct.patch addedto -mm tree
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Wed Jul 31 2013 - 14:59:09 EST
> From: Zach Levis <zml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: fs/binfmts: add a name field to the binfmt struct
>
> Adding the name field helps when printing error messages referring to
> specific binfmts.
OK, but...
> static struct linux_binfmt elf_format = {
> + .name = "elf",
> .module = THIS_MODULE,
> .load_binary = load_elf_binary,
> .load_shlib = load_elf_library,
> diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~fs-binfmts-add-a-name-field-to-the-binfmt-struct fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~fs-binfmts-add-a-name-field-to-the-binfmt-struct
> +++ a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int elf_fdpic_core_dump(struct co
> #endif
>
> static struct linux_binfmt elf_fdpic_format = {
> + .name = "FDPIC ELF",
The naming doesn't look consistent, but this is minor.
I think this is not compat-friendly. If we add .name then I think
compat_elf_format should have another name != "elf".
Not that I think this is really wrong, but still.
Oleg.
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