From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Javier Pello <devel@otheo.eu>
Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] elf: Fix hwcaps string size overestimation
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:23:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h71i6rfa.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220906201207.e7b3d08272af5649754e76b1@otheo.eu> (Javier Pello's message of "Tue, 6 Sep 2022 20:12:07 +0200")
* Javier Pello:
>> We deprecated this mechanism in glibc 2.33. I think it's time
>> to remove it in glibc 2.37.
>>
>> Since you are evidently familiar with the code now,
>
> That may be a bit of a stretch. :-)
>
>> would like to implement the removal?
>
> What would this removal be? Do you want _dl_important_hwcaps to
> return only the glibc-hwcaps subdirectories, and not the legacy
> hwcaps power set subdirectories? That should be doable.
Exactly. And in separate commits, update ldconfig and the cache reading
logic in elf/dl-cache.c.
> In any case, even if hwcaps power set support is removed, I think
> that at least my first patch sould be applied first. If the removal
> were to be reverted later, or if somebody looked at the code as it
> was before the removal for whatever reason, I think that it would
> be better if it had been left in the best possible shape, at least
> with the overallocation bug fixed.
Agreed.
Thanks,
Florian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-08 11:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-05 18:06 Javier Pello
2022-09-05 18:09 ` [PATCH 1/4] " Javier Pello
2022-09-08 10:15 ` Florian Weimer
2022-09-05 18:10 ` [PATCH 2/4] elf: Simplify hwcaps masked value bit counting Javier Pello
2022-09-05 18:12 ` [PATCH 3/4] elf: Remove unneeded conditional in _dl_important_hwcaps Javier Pello
2022-09-05 18:13 ` [PATCH 4/4] elf: Simplify hwcaps power set string construction Javier Pello
2022-09-06 7:35 ` [PATCH 0/4] elf: Fix hwcaps string size overestimation Florian Weimer
2022-09-06 18:12 ` Javier Pello
2022-09-08 11:23 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2022-09-14 18:07 ` [PATCH 0/6] Remove legacy hwcaps support Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:08 ` [PATCH 1/6] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from the dynamic loader Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:10 ` [PATCH 2/6] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from ldconfig Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:10 ` [PATCH 3/6] elf: Remove hwcap parameter from add_to_cache signature Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:12 ` [PATCH 4/6] elf: Remove hwcap and bits_hwcap fields from struct cache_entry Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:13 ` [PATCH 5/6] elf: Remove _dl_string_hwcap Javier Pello
2022-09-14 18:15 ` [PATCH 6/6] elf: Simplify output of hwcap subdirectories in ld.so help Javier Pello
2022-09-15 8:42 ` Carlos O'Donell
2022-09-15 19:12 ` Javier Pello
2022-09-14 21:23 ` [PATCH 0/6] Remove legacy hwcaps support Joseph Myers
2022-09-17 14:17 ` [PATCH v2 " Javier Pello
2022-09-17 14:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from the dynamic loader Javier Pello
2022-09-22 11:46 ` Florian Weimer
2022-09-17 14:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from ldconfig Javier Pello
2022-09-22 12:14 ` Florian Weimer
2022-09-17 14:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] elf: Remove hwcap parameter from add_to_cache signature Javier Pello
2022-09-22 16:02 ` Florian Weimer
2022-09-17 14:22 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] elf: Remove hwcap and bits_hwcap fields from struct cache_entry Javier Pello
2022-09-22 16:03 ` Florian Weimer
2022-09-17 14:23 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] elf: Remove _dl_string_hwcap Javier Pello
2022-09-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] elf: Simplify output of hwcap subdirectories in ld.so help Javier Pello
2022-09-21 16:26 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Remove legacy hwcaps support Joseph Myers
2022-09-27 18:03 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Javier Pello
2022-09-27 18:05 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] x86_64: Remove platform directory library loading test Javier Pello
2022-10-03 14:56 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-10-04 17:53 ` Javier Pello
2022-10-04 17:59 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-09-27 18:05 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from the dynamic loader Javier Pello
2022-09-27 18:06 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] elf: Remove legacy hwcaps support from ldconfig Javier Pello
2022-10-03 15:31 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-09-27 18:07 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] elf: Remove hwcap parameter from add_to_cache signature Javier Pello
2022-09-27 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] elf: Remove hwcap and bits_hwcap fields from struct cache_entry Javier Pello
2022-09-27 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] Add NEWS entry for legacy hwcaps removal Javier Pello
2022-10-03 15:44 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-10-03 19:29 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-10-03 19:49 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-10-03 19:59 ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-04 18:00 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-10-05 18:12 ` Javier Pello
2022-10-06 11:03 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-09-27 18:09 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] elf: Remove _dl_string_hwcap Javier Pello
2022-10-03 16:52 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2022-09-27 18:10 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] elf: Simplify output of hwcap subdirectories in ld.so help Javier Pello
2022-10-03 17:02 ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
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