From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-x86_64@vger.kernel.org,
mingo@elte.hu, andi@firstfloor.org, zwane@arm.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86-64: fix vclock_gettime()
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 14:58:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090514125825.GA10933@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1242299014.git.ptesarik@suse.cz>
> To rectify the situation, I saw the following options:
>
> 1. Adjust pointers in the vDSO .altinstruction section during
> vDSO setup, and then pass it to apply_alternatives()
> 2. List the relocations with objdump and add them again to vdso.S
> using the .reloc GAS directive
> 3. Link the vDSO into the kernel with relocations, i.e. not just
> as a blob
4. Just move the barriers back back into the main kernel.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-05-14 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-05-14 13:06 [PATCH 0/4] x86-64: fix vclock_gettime() Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 12:58 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-05-14 13:01 ` Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 14:02 ` Andi Kleen
2009-05-14 14:27 ` Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 13:06 ` [PATCH 1/4] x86: Use vdso*-syms.h instead of vdso*-syms.lds Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 13:06 ` [PATCH 2/4] x86: Cleanup vdso-layout.lds.S Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 13:06 ` [PATCH 3/4] x86-64: link vDSO into the kernel with relocations Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 13:07 ` [PATCH 4/4] x86: add rdtsc_barrier() to vgetns() Petr Tesarik
2009-05-14 13:17 ` [PATCH 0/4] x86-64: fix vclock_gettime() Petr Tesarik
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