Re: [PATCH] common implementation of iterative div/mod

[Andi Kleen]

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> 
> arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c has its own copies of other kernel
> functions which it can't directly call.  We could add
> timespec_add_ns()/iter_div_u64_rem() to that list, though its pretty
> hacky.  Could we link lib/div64.o into the vdso?

You would need to annotate it and have a separate object file for the
different sections. Also it would need to be compiled PIC.

Inlining is better.

-Andi

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