If we have to stick anything in the fixmap it might add well be the real vdso...
On March 13, 2014 12:21:54 PM PDT, Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> wrote: >On Mar 13, 2014 12:13 PM, "Andy Lutomirski" <l...@amacapital.net> >wrote: >> >> How? We either set null in AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, we set something simple >> that SuSE is okay with (and compile separate images?) or we set >> something fancy and not relocated, and SuSE crashes. > >Yeah, I was thinking that "something simple is the fixmap space that >suse >would be happy with" > >Keyword being "simple", ie so simple that it's not a maintenance >headache >even if it's different from the "real" vdso. > >But I suspect we don't really need it. > >> On a related note: is it okay to keep the option called >> CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO but change the default to n? > >Yes. If you start from scratch with a config, you have to get the >options >right. It's just the "I upgraded the kernel, did an oldconfig, and it >doesn't work" case that we should avoid. > >The alternative would be to make a new config name, but then it has to >default to the compatible state (iow no vdso at all by default), >because >that's the rule: make oldconfig should work for people. > >Basically, kernel upgrades should be nobrainers and "just work". > > Linus -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please pardon brevity and lack of formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/