Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Date | Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:14:48 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 02/24] exec: Simplify unshare_files |
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 8:58 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 11:55 AM Eric W. Biederman > <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote: > > > > If cell happens to be dead we can remove a fair amount of generic kernel > > code that only exists to support cell. > > Even if some people might still use cell (which sounds unlikely), I > think we can remove the spu core dumping code.
The Cell blade hardware (arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/) that I'm listed as a maintainer for is very much dead, but there is apparently still some activity on the Playstation 3 that Geoff Levand maintains.
Eric correctly points out that the PS3 firmware no longer boots Linux (OtherOS), but AFAIK there are both users with old firmware and those that use a firmware exploit to run homebrew code including Linux.
I would assume they still use the SPU and might also use the core dump code in particular. Let's see what Geoff thinks.
Arnd
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