| Date | Mon, 6 Jun 2011 11:31:02 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] x86-64: Add CONFIG_UNSAFE_VSYSCALLS to feature-removal-schedule |
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On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 05:46:41PM +0900, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:50 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> wrote: > > CONFIG_UNSAFE_VSYSCALLS was added in the previous patch as a > > temporary hack to avoid penalizing users who don't build glibc from > > git. > > I really hate that name. > > Do you have *any* reason to call this "unsafe"? > > Seriously. The whole patch series just seems annoying.
and assumes everyone is using glibc which is just wrong.
-Andi
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