[tip: x86/urgent] x86/Kconfig: Document release year of glibc 2.3.3
From: tip-bot2 for Mateusz Jończyk
Date: Tue Mar 25 2025 - 03:36:46 EST
The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:
Commit-ID: de7115636c41fd0c654f5865d513df52a0798f5c
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/de7115636c41fd0c654f5865d513df52a0798f5c
Author: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@xxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:48:49 +01:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:08:57 +01:00
x86/Kconfig: Document release year of glibc 2.3.3
I wonder how many people were checking their glibc version when
considering whether to enable this option.
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@xxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250321-x86_x2apic-v3-7-b0cbaa6fa338@xxxxxxx
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arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1090eda..e72cb77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
config COMPAT_VDSO
def_bool n
- prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)"
+ prompt "Workaround for glibc 2.3.2 / 2.3.3 (released in year 2003/2004)"
depends on COMPAT_32
help
Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are