From: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
lueckintel@yahoo.com, kimwooyoung@gmail.com,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameter
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:56:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAObL_7F6hMgL7HqkKnOHfpAPeJDiJz+CtG1YNc5g9LtSovTe+Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4b8d6929-6163-4e25-933c-c875a1857f3a@email.android.com>
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:20 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please rebase your patch on the current -linus since it appears to
>>have changed since x86/vdso was merged.
>>>
>>
>>Can you double-check? I think it's the other way around: x86/vdso has
>>fixes that should be pushed to Linus.
>>
>>$ git log tip/x86/vdso ^origin/master --oneline
>>c149a66 x86-64: Add vsyscall:emulate_vsyscall trace event
>>318f5a2 x86-64: Add user_64bit_mode paravirt op
>>5d5791a x86-64, xen: Enable the vvar mapping
>>f670bb7 x86-64: Work around gold bug 13023
>>9c40818 x86-64: Move the "user" vsyscall segment out of the data
>>segment.
>>1bdfac1 x86-64: Pad vDSO to a page boundary
>>17b0436 Merge commit 'v3.0' into x86/vdso
>>
>>--Andy
>
> You're right, although coupling it makes the testing harder.
If it helps, I can probably generate a new series that merges 9c40818
with the latest patch and makes the result independent of the rest
(except for the trace event). I'm not sure it's worth it, though.
--Andy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-10 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-10 15:15 [PATCH 0/3] vsyscall emulation compatibility fixes Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-10 15:15 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86: Remove unnecessary compile flag tweaks for vsyscall code Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-11 0:01 ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-10 15:15 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86-64: Wire up getcpu syscall Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-11 0:01 ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-11 0:31 ` tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-10 15:15 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86-64: Rework vsyscall emulation and add vsyscall= parameter Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-10 17:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-10 17:47 ` Andrew Lutomirski
2011-08-10 21:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-10 21:18 ` Andrew Lutomirski
2011-08-10 22:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-10 22:56 ` Andrew Lutomirski [this message]
2011-08-11 0:02 ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-08-11 0:31 ` tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
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