[PATCH] binfmt_elf: Reorder objects in Makefile to favor platformdefault.

From: Ryan C. Gordon
Date: Mon Oct 19 2009 - 10:32:51 EST


Reordered object list so compat_binfmt_elf.o comes first. This will make it
call register_binfmt() first, inserting it at the end of the list.

Now the kernel will try the compatibility formats as a backup if the actual
system format rejects the binary. As almost all binaries loaded won't be
compatibility formats, this saves a few cycles for each process.

Signed-off-by: Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/Makefile | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index af6d047..173d153 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) += binfmt_misc.o
# binfmt_script is always there
obj-y += binfmt_script.o

-obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF) += binfmt_elf.o
+# List compat_* first, so they insert at end of the list, and are tried last.
obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF) += compat_binfmt_elf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF) += binfmt_elf.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC) += binfmt_elf_fdpic.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_SOM) += binfmt_som.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT) += binfmt_flat.o
--
1.6.0.4

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