Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86,vdso: Fix vdso_install

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Jun 11 2014 - 13:28:08 EST


On 06/11/2014 10:23 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>
> So this does fix the invocation of 'make vdso_install' and the
> resulting files look to be accurate to me, with the glaring exception
> that now we get e.g. vdso64.so on x86_64 as the installed file instead
> of vdso.so. How much that actually matters, I have no idea.
> Plausibly fixed with a symlink if we really need to perhaps.
>

You have that problem anyway, no? After all, there are three different
vdso images for 32 bits, and you can run 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems, too.

Is there realistically any way for the debugger to pick up the correct one?

-hpa


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