Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-13 Thread Andrew Morton
On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:42:58 + David Drysdale wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Andrew Morton > wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 + David Drysdale > > wrote: > > > >> This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd > >> Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (h

Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-13 Thread David Drysdale
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 + David Drysdale wrote: > >> This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86 > > I grabbed these. If someone else was planning to do so, feel free to > shout at me. > > I haven't been following the discussion close

Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-13 Thread David Drysdale
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 + David Drysdale wrote: > >> This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd >> Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528). >> >> The primary aim of adding an exec

Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-12 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 + David Drysdale wrote: > This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86 I grabbed these. If someone else was planning to do so, feel free to shout at me. I haven't been following the discussion closely so some reviewed-by's and tested-by's would be nice. Thanks for

Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-12 Thread Andrew Morton
On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 + David Drysdale wrote: > This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd > Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528). > > The primary aim of adding an execveat syscall is to allow an > implementation of fexecve(3) th

[PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call

2014-11-07 Thread David Drysdale
This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528). The primary aim of adding an execveat syscall is to allow an implementation of fexecve(3) that does not rely on the /proc filesystem, at least for executables (