[PATCH v2] nptl: Unconditionally use a 32-byte rseq area

Andreas K. Huettel dilfridge@gentoo.org
Fri Jul 21 14:14:03 GMT 2023


Am Freitag, 21. Juli 2023, 16:01:51 CEST schrieb Florian Weimer:
> * Mathieu Desnoyers:
> 
> > On 7/20/23 07:46, Florian Weimer wrote:
> >> If the kernel headers provide a larger struct rseq, we used that
> >> size as the argument to the rseq system call.  As a result,
> >> rseq registration would fail on older kernels which only accept
> >> size 32.
> >
> > Yes, this change appears to be needed considering the way the upstream
> > kernel uapi has evolved.
> 
> Andreas, is it okay to push this from an RM perspective?

Yes, please do it!

Best,
Andreas

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