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    SubjectRe: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym
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    On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
    >> I think this issue started when some of the Go developers questioned
    >> why the kernel needed to provide a very complex interface--parsing an
    >> ELF shared shared library--for very simple functionality--looking up
    >> the address of a magic function. This approach has required special
    >> support not just in Go, but also in the dynamic linker and gdb, and
    >> does not work well for statically linked binaries. The support in gdb
    >> is perhaps a good idea, but elsewhere it does not make sense.
    >>
    >> So why not provide a simple interface?
    >
    > What good would it do now that everyone already supports it?

    Do statically linked binaries use the vDSO calls?

    Ian


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