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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, pageexec@freemail.hu,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86-64: Clean up vsyscall emulation and remove fixed-address ret
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 19:50:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110606175057.GB6412@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikudFYgtueTAdQjAeEMn1MgjmmM9g@mail.gmail.com>


* Andrew Lutomirski <luto@mit.edu> wrote:

> >>  arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h   |   10 ++++-
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c     |   78 +++++++++++--------------------------
> >>  arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_emu_64.S |   17 +--------
> >>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> >
> > Ok, this makes the whole series a lot more palatable!
> >
> > Can i propagate the rename suggested by hpa into patch #3:
> >
> >  CONFIG_COMPAT_VSYSCALL => CONFIG_LEGACY_VSYSCALL
> 
> Certainly!  CONFIG_LEGACY_VTIME might be even better, but I'm fine
> with any renaming you'd like to do.

Good point, i changed it to CONFIG_LEGACY_VTIME - this correctly 
implies that it's only about vtime(), not about any other vsyscall.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-06 17:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-06 17:27 [PATCH 0/3] x86-64: vsyscall emulation cleanups Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86-64: Fix outdated comments in vsyscall_64.c Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 21:40   ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86-64: Clean up vsyscall emulation and remove fixed-address ret Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:41   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-06-06 17:45     ` Andrew Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:50       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2011-06-06 21:40   ` [tip:x86/vdso] " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 17:27 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86-64: Clarify CONFIG_COMPAT_VSYSCALLS text Andy Lutomirski
2011-06-06 21:41   ` [tip:x86/vdso] x86-64: Rename COMPAT_VSYSCALLS to LEGACY_VTIME and clarify documentation tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski

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