Re: [3.1 patch] x86: default to vsyscall=native

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Mon Oct 03 2011 - 14:41:15 EST


On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 11:06:13AM -0700, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 06:04:53AM -0700, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
>...
> >> of a bug in that the new code doesn't report si_addr properly, but
> >> that sounds unlikely as a culprit. ÂDid you try with the offending
> >> commit reverted (i.e. fce8dc0)? ÂI bet that it also fails there.
> >
> > fce8dc0 is "x86-64: Wire up getcpu syscall", is that really the one you
> > want me to revert?
>
> No -- I actually meant to try running that revision or to try with the
> vsyscall= patch reverted.

I now tried both, and your bet was right.

>...
> --Andy

cu
Adrian

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