Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Lutomirski <> | Date | Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:54:21 -0400 | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64: Allow alternative patching in the vDSO |
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 04:23:18AM +0000, tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> Commit-ID: 1b3f2a72bbcfdf92e368a44448c45eb639b05b5e >> Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1b3f2a72bbcfdf92e368a44448c45eb639b05b5e >> Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> >> AuthorDate: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:24:11 -0400 >> Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> >> CommitDate: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:23:07 -0700 >> >> x86-64: Allow alternative patching in the vDSO >> >> This code is short enough and different enough from the module >> loader that it's not worth trying to share anything. >> >> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> >> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e73112e4381fff29e31b882c2d0856822edaea53.1310563276.git.luto@mit.edu >> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> > > -- > From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:07:25 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] x86, vdso: Drop now wrong comment > > Now that 1b3f2a72bbcfdf92e368a44448c45eb639b05b5e is in, it is very > important that the below lying comment be removed! :-) > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > --- > arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c | 1 - > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c > index 8792d6e..6bc0e72 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c > +++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c > @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ > * > * The code should have no internal unresolved relocations. > * Check with readelf after changing. > - * Also alternative() doesn't work. > */
That was the whole point, after all.
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
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