Messages in this thread | | | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Date | Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:04:41 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86_64: Tidy up vsyscall emulation and make it optional |
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:46 AM, <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:22:25AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> Now that arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c contains only vsyscall >> emulation code, clean it up and make it optional. >> >> Patch 1 makes vsyscall=none work be a bit more self-consistent: it >> actually removes the fake vsyscall page instead of just segfaulting >> anyone who tries to use it. >> >> Patch 2 is pure cosmetic cleanup. >> >> Patch 3 is the meat: it lets vsyscall emulation be configured out. >> The config option to disable it is hidden under CONFIG_EXPERT, since >> it will break legacy code. >> >> Note that, last I checked, current userspace is unlikely to work if >> the vDSO *and* vsyscalls are off. Take it up with the glibc >> maintainers. >> >> This applies on top of tip/x86/vdso. >> >> Andy Lutomirski (3): >> x86_64,vsyscall: Turn vsyscalls all the way off when vsyscall=none >> x86_64,vsyscall: Rewrite comment and clean up headers in vsyscall code >> x86_64,vsyscall: Make vsyscall emulation configurable > > Nice! > > For patches 1 and 2: > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> > > For patch 3, I responded with a possible minor improvement, but with or > without that: > Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> >
I think that hunk may be wrong, although oddly I can't trigger the failure to boot that I'd expect. I'll send a v2 anyway.
> I assume these should go through tip/x86/vdso as well?
I think so.
> > Also, any plans to do something similar for vsyscall_gtod.c? >
I wasn't planning on it, but it could be done.
--Andy
> - Josh Triplett
-- Andy Lutomirski AMA Capital Management, LLC
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