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From: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	 Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/binfmt-misc.rst: Include AT_FLAGS info in "P" flag description
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:11:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260419-binfmt_misc_doc_update_p-v1-1-757c12f33cc2@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260419-binfmt_misc_doc_update_p-v1-0-757c12f33cc2@gmail.com>

Commit 2347961b11d4 ("binfmt_misc: pass binfmt_misc flags to the
interpreter") added a bit to AT_FLAGS in the aux vector to notify an
interpreter that the 'P' flag was set in binfmt-misc. Clarify that the
interpreter is able to be aware of the 'P' flag by using this bit.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
index 59cd902e3549..2e2be2922ba6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ Here is what the fields mean:
             vector for this purpose, thus preserving the original ``argv[0]``.
             e.g. If your interp is set to ``/bin/foo`` and you run ``blah``
             (which is in ``/usr/local/bin``), then the kernel will execute
-            ``/bin/foo`` with ``argv[]`` set to ``["/bin/foo", "/usr/local/bin/blah", "blah"]``.  The interp has to be aware of this so it can
-            execute ``/usr/local/bin/blah``
-            with ``argv[]`` set to ``["blah"]``.
+            ``/bin/foo`` with ``argv[]`` set to ``["/bin/foo",
+            "/usr/local/bin/blah", "blah"]``.  The interp can be aware of this
+            by checking if bit 0 in AT_FLAGS in the auxilary vector is set to 1
+            so it can execute ``/usr/local/bin/blah`` with ``argv[]`` set to
+            ``["blah"]``.
       ``O`` - open-binary
 	    Legacy behavior of binfmt_misc is to pass the full path
             of the binary to the interpreter as an argument. When this flag is

-- 
2.53.0



  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-19  4:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-19  4:11 [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/binfmt-misc.rst: Clarify "P" flag Charlie Jenkins
2026-04-19  4:11 ` Charlie Jenkins [this message]
2026-04-19  4:11 ` [PATCH 2/2] Documenation/binfmt-misc.rst: Make "P" flag path desc more precise Charlie Jenkins

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