Re: [PATCH 0/4] arm64: Make Aarch32 compatibility enablement optional at boot

[Will Deacon]

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 01:13:18PM +0200, Andrea della Porta wrote:
> Aarch32 compatibility mode is enabled at compile time through
> CONFIG_COMPAT Kconfig option. This patchset lets 32-bit support
> (for both processes and syscalls) be enabled at boot time using
> a kernel parameter. Also, it provides a mean for distributions 
> to set their own default without sacrificing compatibility support,
> that is users can override default behaviour through the kernel
> parameter.

I proposed something similar in the past:

https://lkml.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20210916131816.8841-1-will@xxxxxxxxxx/

bu the conclusion there (see the reply from Kees) was that it was better
to either use existing seccomp mechanisms or add something to control
which binfmts can be loaded.

Will