[tip:x86/vdso] x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c

From: tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
Date: Mon Jun 06 2011 - 17:40:48 EST


Commit-ID: 8d6316596441de42e3f30c8e536579f6292b46a0
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8d6316596441de42e3f30c8e536579f6292b46a0
Author: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:27:23 -0400
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:47:20 +0200

x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx>
Cc: pageexec@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/ab1699caaea6c7863fb74abc2f5718353680070c.1307380481.git.luto@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 27d49b7..0b50b3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
* vsyscalls. One vsyscall can reserve more than 1 slot to avoid
* jumping out of line if necessary. We cannot add more with this
* mechanism because older kernels won't return -ENOSYS.
- * If we want more than four we need a vDSO.
*
- * Note: the concept clashes with user mode linux. If you use UML and
- * want per guest time just set the kernel.vsyscall64 sysctl to 0.
+ * This mechanism is deprecated in favor of the vDSO.
+ *
+ * Note: the concept clashes with user mode linux. UML users should
+ * use the vDSO.
*/

/* Disable profiling for userspace code: */
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