From: tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
luto@mit.edu, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mikpe@it.uu.se,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu, luto@mit.edu
Subject: [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:40:08 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-8d6316596441de42e3f30c8e536579f6292b46a0@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ab1699caaea6c7863fb74abc2f5718353680070c.1307380481.git.luto@mit.edu>
Commit-ID: 8d6316596441de42e3f30c8e536579f6292b46a0
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8d6316596441de42e3f30c8e536579f6292b46a0
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@MIT.EDU>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:27:23 -0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:47:20 +0200
x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu
Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ab1699caaea6c7863fb74abc2f5718353680070c.1307380481.git.luto@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 27d49b7..0b50b3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
* vsyscalls. One vsyscall can reserve more than 1 slot to avoid
* jumping out of line if necessary. We cannot add more with this
* mechanism because older kernels won't return -ENOSYS.
- * If we want more than four we need a vDSO.
*
- * Note: the concept clashes with user mode linux. If you use UML and
- * want per guest time just set the kernel.vsyscall64 sysctl to 0.
+ * This mechanism is deprecated in favor of the vDSO.
+ *
+ * Note: the concept clashes with user mode linux. UML users should
+ * use the vDSO.
*/
/* Disable profiling for userspace code: */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-06 21:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-06 17:27 [PATCH 0/3] x86-64: vsyscall emulation cleanups Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 21:40 ` tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86-64: Clean up vsyscall emulation and remove fixed-address ret Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:41 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-06 17:45 ` Andrew Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-06 21:40 ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86-64: Clarify CONFIG_COMPAT_VSYSCALLS text Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 21:41 ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64: Rename COMPAT_VSYSCALLS to LEGACY_VTIME and clarify documentation tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
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