Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Clean up and unify the vDSO

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 04/24/2014 03:08 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> This rewrites a bunch of the vdso code.  After these patches, the vvar
> and hpet pages are mapped directly after the vdso text on all five vdso
> variants.  The fixmaps are gone on 64-bit systems.
> 
> It would be possible to build the x32 vdso the normal way on top of
> these patches.
> 
> I haven't touched the pvclock code.  I'd want to understand why it
> exists, why it isn't using rdtsc, and why it has two rdtsc_barrier calls
> before rearranging it.  In a discussion with Marcello Tosatti, I think
> we concluded that the kvmclock code could be significantly simplified
> and sped up without breaking anything, but I want to save that for
> later.
> 
> This should apply to -linus or to tip/x86/vdso.  It's also here:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/log/?h=vdso/cleanups
> 
> and it has survived the build bot for a day.
> 

This doesn't apply cleanly on top of v3.15-rc2.  Could I ask you do
rebase it again?

	-hpa


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