Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/vDSO: fix GNU hash table entry size for s390x

[Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 12:52:31AM +0100, Vasily Gorbik wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 02:04:18PM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > Commit 14be4e6f3522 ("selftests: vDSO: fix ELF hash table entry size for s390x")
> > changed the type of the ELF hash table entries to 64bit on s390x.
> > However the *GNU* hash tables entries are always 32bit.
> > The "bucket" pointer is shared between both hash algorithms.
> --
> > On s390x the GNU algorithm assigns and dereferences this pointer to a
> > 64bit value as a pointer to a 32bit value, leading to compiler warnings and
> > runtime crashes.
> 
> I would rephrase it as follows:
> 
> On s390, this caused the GNU hash algorithm to access its 32-bit entries as if they
> were 64-bit, triggering compiler warnings (assignment between "Elf64_Xword *" and
> "Elf64_Word *") and runtime crashes.
> 
> And take it via s390 tree.
> 
> Shuah, if you don't mind, may I get your Acked-by?

Hello Shuah,

friendly ping. Could you please respond with "Acked-by" if you don’t
mind me taking this patch via the s390 tree? Or let me know if you plan
to take it via your tree.

Thank you!