In message: [linux-yocto][yocto-kernel-cache][yocto-6.1][PATCH 0/1] proposal to 
disable CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT on arm platform
on 04/08/2023 Xiangyu Chen wrote:

> From: Xiangyu Chen <xiangyu.c...@windriver.com>
> 
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> Recently, we found that the audit tool cannot work correctly on qemuarm 
> platform unless we 
> disable the CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT option.

What exactly is the issue ? Are some of the syscalls not available ?
or some structure differences ?

> 
> OABI_COMPAT is a backwards compatibility tool intended to support the old 
> Linux ARM ABI. Since 
> more and more platforms turned to EABI and some kernel features like 
> seccomp/audit cannot use 
> under OABI_COMPAT enabled, so proposal that to disable the CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT 
> option by default.

That being said, I made that OABI change a LONG time ago, when we
were switching from OABI to EABI. We can safely drop it by default
at this point.

I'd just like a more detailed log in the commit message, so we can
track exactly what was breaking.

Bruce

> 
> Thanks,
> Xiangyu
> 
> Xiangyu Chen (1):
>   disable CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT on arm platform
> 
>  arch/arm/arm.cfg | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

> 
> 
> 

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