Re: [PATCH] linux-2.5.43_vsyscall_A0

From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 19 2002 - 14:14:47 EST

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On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> So I would go with:
>
> 1) global sysctl to turn off vgettimeofday/vtime
> 2) if 1) is unacceptable then per-task turnoff of vsyscalls would be the
> next viable solution
>
> Comments?

I think (2) is a more general solution. Let UML handle any cases it
wishes, not limited to just this particular vsyscall.

-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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