Remove a.out interpreter support in ELF loader

Following the deprecation schedule the a.out ELF interpreter support
is removed now with this patch. a.out ELF interpreters were an transition
feature for moving a.out systems to ELF, but they're unlikely to be still
needed. Pure a.out systems will still work of course. This allows to
simplify the hairy ELF loader.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 2ad5c98..ce9503c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -99,17 +99,6 @@ Who: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
 
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-What:  a.out interpreter support for ELF executables
-When:  2.6.25
-Files: fs/binfmt_elf.c
-Why:   Using a.out interpreters for ELF executables was a feature for
-       transition from a.out to ELF. But now it is unlikely to be still
-       needed anymore and removing it would simplify the hairy ELF
-       loader code.
-Who:   Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
-
----------------------------
-
 What:  remove EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread)
 When:  August 2006
 Files: arch/*/kernel/*_ksyms.c

diff --cc fs/binfmt_elf.c
Simple merge