Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:50:09 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv7 0/3] syscalls,x86: Add execveat() system call |
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2014 17:01:01 +0000 David Drysdale <drysdale@google.com> wrote:
> This patch set adds execveat(2) for x86, and is derived from Meredydd > Luff's patch from Sept 2012 (https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/528). > > The primary aim of adding an execveat syscall is to allow an > implementation of fexecve(3) that does not rely on the /proc > filesystem, at least for executables (rather than scripts). The > current glibc version of fexecve(3) is implemented via /proc, which > causes problems in sandboxed or otherwise restricted environments.
Have the relevant glibc people seen/reviewed/liked this?
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