Re: [PATCH v4 19/26] arm64: Introduce asm/vdso/processor.h

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Tue Mar 17 2020 - 13:52:35 EST


On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:22:13PM +0000, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
> The vDSO library should only include the necessary headers required for
> a userspace library (UAPI and a minimal set of kernel headers). To make
> this possible it is necessary to isolate from the kernel headers the
> common parts that are strictly necessary to build the library.
>
> Introduce asm/vdso/processor.h to contain all the arm64 specific
> functions that are suitable for vDSO inclusion.
>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@xxxxxxx>

This patch looks fine, though it depends on the previous discussion on
compat ABI compatibility.

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>