Re: [PATCH] x86/vdso: Add prctl to set per-process VDSO load

[Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>]

Richard Larocque <rlarocque@google.com> writes:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but how do you modify the AUX vector
for the children?
  
> +config VDSO_DISABLE_PRCTL
> +	depends on X86
> +	bool "prctl to disable VDSO loading"
> +	---help---
> +	  Enabling this option adds support for prctl calls that
> +	  set and retrieve a per-process flag to disable VDSO loading on
> +	  exec() for this process and all of its children.

I don't think it makes any sense to have a config for a simple
feature like this. Just do it unconditionally.

-Andi

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