Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC 1/5] powerpc: Rename context.vdso_base to context.vdso | From | Balbir Singh <> | Date | Mon, 2 May 2016 11:05:25 +1000 |
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On 29/04/16 01:18, Christopher Covington wrote: > In order to share remap and unmap support for the VDSO with other > architectures without duplicating the code, we need a common name and type > for the address of the VDSO. An informal survey of the architectures > indicates unsigned long vdso is popular. Change the variable name in > powerpc from mm->context.vdso_base to simply mm->context.vdso. >
Could you please provide additional details on why the remap/unmap operations are required? This patch does rename, but should it abstract via a function acesss to vmap field using arch_* operations? Not sure
Balbir Singh
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