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Re: [PATCH v2] Use execveat syscall in fexecve
On 11/09/2017 17:59, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Joseph Myers:
>
>> We have the ENOSYS code there and the subsequent fallback that will
>> eventually need cleaning up *anyway*. Having the __ASSUME_* macro makes
>> it obvious in future exactly what changes should be made for the cleanup
>> and exactly when it is possible to do that cleanup. I think having such
>> macros for any case with fallback code that can be cleaned up in future is
>> a good idea for that reason.
>
> Agreed. As long as there is an expectation that we will eventually
> bump the minimum kernel requirement, __ASSUME_* macros are the way to
> go.
>
Fair enough then.