From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756015AbcH1UOe (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:14:34 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-f68.google.com ([209.85.215.68]:34924 "EHLO mail-lf0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751610AbcH1UOd (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:14:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 23:14:29 +0300 From: Cyrill Gorcunov To: Dmitry Safonov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, luto@amacapital.net, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, 0x7f454c46@gmail.com, oleg@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] x86/vdso: create vdso file, use it for mapping Message-ID: <20160828201429.GV19647@uranus> References: <20160825152110.25663-1-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> <20160825152110.25663-2-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160825152110.25663-2-dsafonov@virtuozzo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.2 (2016-07-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 06:21:08PM +0300, Dmitry Safonov wrote: > I added here a new in-kernel fs with ramfs-like options. > Created vdso file in this fs (yet for testing, only 64-bit vdso). > Mapped this file to process's mm on setup_additional_pages. > Just for testing purpose it's done only for specific UID. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov Dmitry, could you clarify please, why "old way" remains in the code? Even if RFC is not the new approach is supposing to completely remove old one? Or I miss something obvious?