Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:54:20 -0700 | Subject | Re: [RFC] x86-64: Add vsyscall=emulate|native|none option |
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On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> wrote: > vsyscall=native makes vsyscalls as fast as syscalls and makes pin > and DynamoRIO work. vsyscall=emulate (default) preserves current > behavior, and vsyscall=none is good for paranoid people who don't > need their boxes to work reliably.
I think at this stage we should do this, but additionally just change the default to 'native', avoiding the incompatibilities.
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