From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933024AbXCFHma (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:42:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933981AbXCFHma (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:42:30 -0500 Received: from smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com ([65.113.40.141]:38284 "EHLO smtp-outbound-1.vmware.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933024AbXCFHm3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:42:29 -0500 Message-ID: <45ED1B64.9040104@vmware.com> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:42:28 -0800 From: Zachary Amsden User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar CC: Jeremy Fitzhardinge , Rusty Russell , virtualization , Andrew Morton , Roland McGrath , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] paravirt: VDSO page is essential References: <20070305120631.GA14105@elte.hu> <1173101297.26165.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1173142644.4644.6.camel@localhost.localdomain> <45ECBDDC.8080708@vmware.com> <45ECC076.9050209@goop.org> <20070306073511.GA3938@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20070306073511.GA3938@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > >>> I had just sent this out for internal review... >>> >> I think Jan's approach is better if it works (since there's no >> compromise), but this is better if you want to get something working >> in the near term. >> > > yeah. (plus my patches of course that remove the current papering-over > hackery and restores COMPAT_VDSO.) > Yes, I don't have a problem with your patch, I just wish I had been cc'd on it. Fixing this is rather tricky, but I believe no strange build magic is required, it can be done in kernel init code. Still building my SUSE 9.0 guest to test. SUSE 9.0 is one of those that requires COMPAT_VDSO, yes? Thanks, Zach