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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-api@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/vdso: Add prctl to set per-process VDSO load
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:13:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8738brhzoc.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1410912351-31273-1-git-send-email-rlarocque@google.com>

Richard Larocque <rlarocque@google.com> writes:

Perhaps I'm missing something, but how do you modify the AUX vector
for the children?
  
> +config VDSO_DISABLE_PRCTL
> +	depends on X86
> +	bool "prctl to disable VDSO loading"
> +	---help---
> +	  Enabling this option adds support for prctl calls that
> +	  set and retrieve a per-process flag to disable VDSO loading on
> +	  exec() for this process and all of its children.

I don't think it makes any sense to have a config for a simple
feature like this. Just do it unconditionally.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only


  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-17  0:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-17  0:05 Richard Larocque
2014-09-17  0:13 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2014-09-17  0:21   ` Richard Larocque
2014-09-17  0:27 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-17  1:18   ` Richard Larocque
2014-09-17  5:00     ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-17  5:34       ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-17  6:21       ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-17  8:46         ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-09-17 13:48           ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-17 14:28           ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-19 19:27             ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-19 21:26               ` Richard Larocque
2014-09-19 22:02               ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-19 22:09                 ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-19 22:19                   ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-19 22:31                     ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-20  3:10                       ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-20  3:27                         ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-20  3:46                           ` Filipe Brandenburger
2014-09-20  5:30                             ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-09-17 11:36 ` Kevin Easton

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