On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:35 AM Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
> static __maybe_unused int
> __cvdso_data_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_timespec *ts,
>const struct vdso_data *vd)
> {
> .
> }
>
> static __maybe_unused int
> __cvdso_clock_gettime(cl
Christophe Leroy writes:
> Le 15/01/2020 à 07:15, Christophe Leroy a écrit :
> From your point of view, what should I do:
> A/ __arch_get_vdso_data() handled entirely at arch level and arches
> handing over the vdso data pointer to generic C VDSO functions all the
> time (as in my v2 series) ?
Thomas, Andy,
Le 15/01/2020 à 07:15, Christophe Leroy a écrit :
Le 15/01/2020 à 00:06, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :
Christophe Leroy writes:
static __maybe_unused int
+#ifdef VDSO_GETS_VD_PTR_FROM_ARCH
+__cvdso_clock_gettime_common(const struct vdso_data *vd, clockid_t
clock,
+
Le 15/01/2020 à 00:06, Thomas Gleixner a écrit :
Christophe Leroy writes:
static __maybe_unused int
+#ifdef VDSO_GETS_VD_PTR_FROM_ARCH
+__cvdso_clock_gettime_common(const struct vdso_data *vd, clockid_t clock,
+ struct __kernel_timespec *ts)
+{
+#else
__cvdso_clock
Christophe Leroy writes:
>
> static __maybe_unused int
> +#ifdef VDSO_GETS_VD_PTR_FROM_ARCH
> +__cvdso_clock_gettime_common(const struct vdso_data *vd, clockid_t clock,
> + struct __kernel_timespec *ts)
> +{
> +#else
> __cvdso_clock_gettime_common(clockid_t clock, struct __ke
On powerpc, __arch_get_vdso_data() clobbers the link register,
requiring the caller to save it.
As the parent function already has to set a stack frame and saves
the link register before calling the C vdso function, retriving the
vdso data pointer there is lighter.
Give arches the opportunity to
