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authorAl Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>2009-01-03 07:16:33 +0000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-03 11:45:54 -0800
commit3bfacef412b4bc993a8992217e50f1245f2fd3a6 (patch)
treebcf92bc34b30383dfc542f9850f59858681556cb /arch/alpha
parent17580d7f2f632ff8c9786d609508c35c9f56e1f3 (diff)
downloadlinux-3bfacef412b4bc993a8992217e50f1245f2fd3a6.tar.bz2
get rid of special-casing the /sbin/loader on alpha
... just make it a binfmt handler like #! one. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/alpha')
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c51
2 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile b/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
index ac706c1d7ada..b4697759a123 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EXTRA_CFLAGS := -Werror -Wno-sign-compare
obj-y := entry.o traps.o process.o init_task.o osf_sys.o irq.o \
irq_alpha.o signal.o setup.o ptrace.o time.o \
- alpha_ksyms.o systbls.o err_common.o io.o
+ alpha_ksyms.o systbls.o err_common.o io.o binfmt_loader.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VGA_HOSE) += console.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a0af906b00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
+#include <linux/binfmts.h>
+#include <linux/a.out.h>
+
+static int load_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ struct exec *eh = (struct exec *)bprm->buf;
+ unsigned long loader;
+ struct file *file;
+ int retval;
+
+ if (eh->fh.f_magic != 0x183 || (eh->fh.f_flags & 0x3000) != 0x3000)
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+
+ if (bprm->loader)
+ return -ENOEXEC;
+
+ allow_write_access(bprm->file);
+ fput(bprm->file);
+ bprm->file = NULL;
+
+ loader = bprm->vma->vm_end - sizeof(void *);
+
+ file = open_exec("/sbin/loader");
+ retval = PTR_ERR(file);
+ if (IS_ERR(file))
+ return retval;
+
+ /* Remember if the application is TASO. */
+ bprm->taso = eh->ah.entry < 0x100000000UL;
+
+ bprm->file = file;
+ bprm->loader = loader;
+ retval = prepare_binprm(bprm);
+ if (retval < 0)
+ return retval;
+ return search_binary_handler(bprm,regs);
+}
+
+static struct linux_binfmt loader_format = {
+ .load_binary = load_binary,
+};
+
+static int __init init_loader_binfmt(void)
+{
+ return register_binfmt(&loader_format);
+}
+arch_initcall(init_loader_binfmt);