Re: [PATCH] Add VDSO time function support for x86 32-bit kernel

From: Stefani Seibold
Date: Thu Dec 13 2012 - 02:18:05 EST


Am Mittwoch, den 12.12.2012, 22:47 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin:
> Should be a simple matter of sharing pages. Look perhaps at the x32 vdso for a hint.
>


> >
> >Any idea or clean solution how i can map the 64 bit vgtod into the 32
> >bit address space? Thats the only problem i see.
> >

No, i see no special handling for x32 vdso to do this. I am not sure if
x32 vdso can access the 64 bit address space of vsyscall_gtod_data. I
can't test this due the lack of a x32 abi system.


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