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alpha: binfmt_aout fix
authorIvan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:08:49 +0000 (15:08 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 2 May 2009 22:36:10 +0000 (15:36 -0700)
commit74641f584da8eccf30becfbb5507ab457187db22
treeda212b7ae1b5a2a50a4314b3a75df5763623295e
parent77b4cf5cb0c9d6010a18030a0e0a8d2aaf6b43ec
alpha: binfmt_aout fix

This fixes the problem introduced by commit 3bfacef412 (get rid of
special-casing the /sbin/loader on alpha): osf/1 ecoff binary segfaults
when binfmt_aout built as module.  That happens because aout binary
handler gets on the top of the binfmt list due to late registration, and
kernel attempts to execute the binary without preparatory work that must
be done by binfmt_loader.

Fixed by changing the registration order of the default binfmt handlers
using list_add_tail() and introducing insert_binfmt() function which
places new handler on the top of the binfmt list.  This might be generally
useful for installing arch-specific frontends for default handlers or just
for overriding them.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/alpha/kernel/Makefile
arch/alpha/kernel/binfmt_loader.c
fs/exec.c
include/linux/binfmts.h