Re: [PATCH v2] exec: make printable macro more concise

[Nir Lichtman]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 08:49:39AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 23:28, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Now, whether that logics makes sense is a separate story;
> > that's before my time (1.3.60), so...
> 
[...]
> 
> Anyway, the fs/exec.c "printable()" code most definitely shouldn't use
> the ctype stuff. I'm not sure it should exist at all, and if it should
> exist it probably should be renamed. Because it has *nothing* to do
> with "isprint()".
> 
[...]
> 
> Anyway, a.out support is dead, so I think this code is pure historical
> leftovers and should be removed.
> 
>            Linus

Thanks for answering Al and Linus.
Al, continuing forward, to work on a new version of the patch removing the
support for dynamically loading binfmt kernel modules or you'll take it
from here?

Thanks,
Nir