Re: [PATCH] exec: remove legacy custom binfmt modules autoloading

[Kees Cook]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 23:13:23 +0000, Nir Lichtman wrote:
> Problem: The search binary handler logic contains legacy code
> to handle automatically loading kernel modules of unsupported
> binary formats.
> This logic is a leftover from a.out-to-ELF transition.
> After removal of a.out support, this code has no use anymore.
> 
> Solution: Clean up this code from the search binary handler,
> also remove the line initialising retval to -ENOENT and instead
> just return -ENOEXEC if the flow has reached the end of the func.
> 
> [...]

And it removes a goto. :)

Applied to for-next/execve, thanks!

[1/1] exec: remove legacy custom binfmt modules autoloading
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/8c9870077aac

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook