Re: [PATCH v7 00/25] Unify vDSOs across more architectures

From: Paul Burton
Date: Tue Jun 25 2019 - 13:11:30 EST


Hi Vincenzo,

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 12:16:55AM +0100, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> In the end I concluded that all the errors seen here depend on the fact that I
> tested my vdso implementation on MIPS32el only (as stated in the cover letter)
> and that when I tried to compile a 32BIT binary on a 64BIT configuration I did
> it wrongly for two reasons, for N32 and O32 binaries:
> - we need to undefine CONFIG_64BIT and define CONFIG_32BIT
> - we need to define CONFIG_GENERIC_ATOMIC64
>
> I have a fix for this (patch in attachment), but I do not have the hardware to
> test it. If you could provide some feedback would be appreciated (really want to
> see MIPS merged with the other archs in 5.3 :) ).

Thanks for the quick turnaround on your patch!

I'm certainly willing to test it, but in a few hours I'll be spending
the bulk of a day on airplanes[1] so it might take a few days until I
get to it.

Thanks,
Paul

[1] ...and travel isn't the hackathon it used to be with my 9 month old
son around :)