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Subject: Re: [CRIU] [PATCH] Add VDSO time function support for x86 32-bit
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On 12/17/2012 10:56 AM, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> On 12/17/2012 07:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Because it is almost impossible to do right?
> 
> In the generic case -- I tend to agree. But it's possible to describe
> how a library should communicate to crtools to make it possible.
> 
> Anyway, what I wanted to say -- we didn't have this scenario in our
> plans, but criu project is open, and if someone comes with sane idea,
> we will not object merging it.
> 

I doubt it is possible using existing compiler toolchains.

	-hpa