Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Fri, 11 May 2018 12:48:50 +0900 | Subject | Re: [UML] Question about arch/x86/um/vdso/vdso-syms.lds |
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Richard,
2018-05-09 15:36 GMT+09:00 Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>: > Masahiro, > > Am Mittwoch, 9. Mai 2018, 05:36:18 CEST schrieb Masahiro Yamada: >> Hi Richard, >> >> >> Please let me ask a question about vdso-syms.lds >> under arch/x86/um/vdso/. >> >> This file exists since: >> >> commit f1c2bb8b9964ed31de988910f8b1cfb586d30091 >> Author: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> >> Date: Mon Jul 25 17:12:54 2011 -0700 >> >> um: implement a x86_64 vDSO >> >> >> So, I think you are the right person >> to reach out to. >> >> >> Originally, vdso-syms.lds was linked to vmlinux, >> but it is not since: >> >> commit 827880ec260ba048f95fe646b96a205c394fa0f0 >> Author: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> >> Date: Fri Jun 9 15:24:16 2017 +1000 >> >> x86/um: thin archives build fix >> >> >> >> Something may be missing from my thought, >> but I wonder what vdso-syms.lds is used for. > > Hmm, I think we can kill it. In 2011 I used the x86 vdso > code as "template" this is how the file made it into UML. > AFAICT it was forgotten after all the vdso related refactoring > in um and x86. > > Thanks, > //richard
OK, I have sent a patch to the UML ML. Thanks.
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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