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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 /fs/exec.c
parent17580d7f2f632ff8c9786d609508c35c9f56e1f3 (diff)
downloadlinux-3bfacef412b4bc993a8992217e50f1245f2fd3a6.tar.gz
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 'fs/exec.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c39
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index dfbf7009fbe7..3ef9cf9b1871 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#ifdef __alpha__
-/* for /sbin/loader handling in search_binary_handler() */
-#include <linux/a.out.h>
-#endif
-
 int core_uses_pid;
 char core_pattern[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE] = "core";
 int suid_dumpable = 0;
@@ -1172,41 +1167,7 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned int depth = bprm->recursion_depth;
 	int try,retval;
 	struct linux_binfmt *fmt;
-#ifdef __alpha__
-	/* handle /sbin/loader.. */
-	{
-	    struct exec * eh = (struct exec *) bprm->buf;
 
-	    if (!bprm->loader && eh->fh.f_magic == 0x183 &&
-		(eh->fh.f_flags & 0x3000) == 0x3000)
-	    {
-		struct file * file;
-		unsigned long loader;
-
-		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;
-		/* should call search_binary_handler recursively here,
-		   but it does not matter */
-	    }
-	}
-#endif
 	retval = security_bprm_check(bprm);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;