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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpelinux@gmail.com>,
	Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>, Linux API <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:13:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <73ed6c36-299b-4348-81e1-8a98b8baf2e5@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrVoOS913rUo288c6PhNtrWBZa9tSA6Ec=WUw1+SAU9ALw@mail.gmail.com>

Yes, but the option exists.

On June 15, 2014 1:53:17 PM PDT, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 12:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>> You can link against vdso.so if you want to; the kernel build
>provides an option to install that image.  Doesn't mean that any
>particular libc uses it.
>
>I'd be rather surprised if anyone does this, given the generally
>spotty state of vdso.so installation and that there's no such thing as
>an ELF import library.
>
>Also, the vdso's clock_gettime isn't actually compatible with
>glibc/POSIX -- the return value and errno handling don't match.
>
>--Andy

-- 
Sent from my mobile phone.  Please pardon brevity and lack of formatting.

  reply	other threads:[~2014-06-15 21:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-14 18:16 Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-14 18:16 ` [RFC 1/2] uapi: Add some missing dynamic table-related definitions to elf.h Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-14 18:16 ` [RFC 2/2] [NOT READY] x86/vdso: Add __vdso_findsym Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-14 21:30 ` [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym Rich Felker
2014-06-14 22:38   ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-14 23:36     ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15  3:59       ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15  6:49         ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 14:25 ` Mikael Pettersson
2014-06-15 14:35   ` Rich Felker
2014-06-15 15:47     ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 17:05     ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 17:40       ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 17:57         ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 18:20           ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 18:39             ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 18:54               ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 19:14                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 19:22                   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2014-06-15 19:31                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 19:50                       ` Ian Lance Taylor
2014-06-15 19:56                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 20:53                           ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-15 21:13                             ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-06-16  0:55                   ` Rich Felker
2014-06-16  2:36             ` Andi Kleen
2014-06-16  3:49               ` Rich Felker
2014-06-16 14:08               ` Ian Lance Taylor
2014-06-16 14:38                 ` Andi Kleen
2014-06-16 14:58                   ` Rich Felker
2014-06-16 15:31                   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2014-06-16 15:42                     ` Rich Felker
2014-06-20 15:55                       ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-20 16:07                         ` Rich Felker
2014-06-16 14:56                 ` Rich Felker
2014-06-15 18:20         ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-15 18:22           ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-06-16  6:39             ` Rich Felker
2014-06-16  1:06       ` Rich Felker

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