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Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Consolidate vDSO macros and usage
- From: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval dot zanella at linaro dot org>
- To: Nathan Lynch <Nathan_Lynch at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 16:48:55 -0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Consolidate vDSO macros and usage
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- References: <5550FEF5 dot 3080202 at linaro dot org> <555B7625 dot 1070801 at codesourcery dot com>
On 19-05-2015 14:43, Nathan Lynch wrote:
> On 05/11/2015 02:11 PM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>> This patch consolidate the Linux vDSO define and usage across all ports
>> that uses it. The common vDSO definitions and calling through
>> {INLINE/INTERNAL}_VSYSCALL macros are moved to a common header
>> sysdep-vdso.h and vDSO name declaration and prototype is defined
>> using a common macro.
>>
>> Also PTR_{MANGLE,DEMANGLE} is added to ports that does not use them
>> for vDSO calls (aarch64, powerpc, s390, and tile) and thus it will
>> reflect in code changes. For ports that already implement pointer
>> mangling/demangling in vDSO system (i386, x32, x86_64) this patch
>> is mainly a code refactor.
>>
>> Checked on x32, x86_64, x32, ppc64le, and aarch64. Ok to apply?
>>
>> Changes from previous version:
>>
>> - Rename INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_NCS to INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_CALL on all
>> ports.
>
> I believe this series leaves a stray definition of INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_NCS
> in aarch64:
>
> /* List of system calls which are supported as vsyscalls. */
> # define HAVE_CLOCK_GETRES_VSYSCALL 1
> # define HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_VSYSCALL 1
> # define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY_VSYSCALL 1
>
> # define INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_NCS(funcptr, err, nr, args...) \
>
> Otherwise it looks fine to me and I have reworked the ARM VDSO support
> patch on top of it.
Indeed, I will remove it. Any more concerns about this patch? I would to
like to install it so Nathan can send/work on ARM vDSO support.