Re: [PATCH] x86/entry/vdso: fix path to gettimeofday.c

[Borislav Petkov]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2026 at 07:44:06PM +0200, vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx wrote:
> To get from arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vclock_gettime.c to
> lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c, you need 5 "..", not 4.
> 
> Proof:
> $ (cd "$(dirname arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vclock_gettime.c)" && ls ../../../../lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c)
> ls: cannot access '../../../../lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c': No such file or directory
> $ (cd "$(dirname arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vclock_gettime.c)" && ls ../../../../../lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c)
> ../../../../../lib/vdso/gettimeofday.c
> 
> I'm blaming the commit below because it moved vclock_gettime.c from
> arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime.c to
> arch/x86/entry/vdso/common/vclock_gettime.c
> without updating the relative include path.
> 
> This shows up on an x86 allmodconfig build, I don't really know why it
> hasn't been reported so far.

I see what you mean and it does sound plausible but allmodconfig builds fine
here. Perhaps you're doing it differently from how I'm doing it ...

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