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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/5] x86-64: Replace vsyscall gettimeofday fallback with int 0xcc
    On Sun, 29 May 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:

    > On Fri, 27 May 2011, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
    >
    > > Now the only way to issue a syscall with side effects through the
    > > vsyscall page is to call a misaligned instruction. I haven't
    > > checked for that.
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
    > > ---
    > > arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h | 4 +++
    > > arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h | 6 +++++
    > > arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S | 2 +
    > > arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 4 +++
    > > arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
    > > 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
    > >
    >
    > one very tiny nit below.
    >
    > [...]
    > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
    > > index b9b6716..d34894e 100644
    > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
    > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
    > > @@ -872,6 +872,10 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
    > > set_bit(SYSCALL_VECTOR, used_vectors);
    > > #endif
    > >
    > > + set_system_intr_gate(0xCC, &intcc);
    > > + set_bit(0xCC, used_vectors);
    > > + printk(KERN_ERR "intcc gate isntalled\n");
    >
    > Let's spell the error message correctly:
    >
    > printk(KERN_ERR "intcc gate installed\n");
    >
    Hmm, why is this KERN_ERR btw? Shouldn't it just be KERN_NOTICE or
    KERN_INFO ?

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