Re: [PATCH v4 4/6] binfmt_elf: Use elf_load() for library

From: Pedro Falcato
Date: Fri Sep 29 2023 - 08:12:28 EST


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 4:24 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> While load_elf_library() is a libc5-ism, we can still replace most of
> its contents with elf_load() as well, further simplifying the code.

While I understand you want to break as little as possible (as the ELF
loader maintainer), I'm wondering if we could axe CONFIG_USELIB
altogether? Since CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT also got axed. Does this have
users anywhere?

--
Pedro