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SubjectRe: [patch 0/3] kallsyms: Add gate page and all symbols support
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> > - I dislike the fact that you now define the prototype of the function
> >in the __HAVE_ARCH_GATE_AREA case. I want my arch .h to be the one doing
> >so, since i want to inline it
>
> Maybe. I dislike copying definitions to multiple asm headers. If you
> think that the win of inlining the ppc64 version of these functions
> outweighs the header duplication then send a patch. Don't forget to
> duplicate the definition in include/asm-x86_64 as well.

Well, I just want to inline it as en empty function ...

>(to nothing in the ppc64 case since the
> >vDSO I'm implementing doesn't need any special treatement of the gate
> >area, it's a normal VMA added to the mm's at exec time).
>
> Added to specific task's mm or to all tasks? If the gate VMA varies
> according to the task then you have to support the kallsyms "is this a
> possible gate address for any task?" question, like x86-64.

each task mm can have it differently. why would I need kallsym support ?
the ppc64 vDSO support will not be part of the kernel address ranges,
but will be somewhere in the normal userland areas.

Ben.


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