Re: [patch] paravirt: VDSO page is essential

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-03-05T23:03:16Z

Roland McGrath wrote:
>> Jan Beulich just posted a patch to do just this - relocate the vdso's
>> ELF header. If that's all that's really required to keep COMPAT_VDSO
>> viable under PARAVIRT, then it seems like the way to go.
>>
>
> I found http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xen-devel&m=117309332600075&w=2 and
> that must be the one you meant. The ELF-grokking form of that is exactly
> what I had in mind. The "find relocs with cmp" scheme is pretty silly, but
> also works fine. It trades tweaky ELF knowledge with tweaky fragile build
> methods, but it's all about the same to me.
>

That's the one. I think the C version is the one to go with.

J