Re: x86_64: vsyscall vs vdso

[Francis Moreau]

On 9/17/07, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/17/07, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think signal trampolines will still need them too. So making
> > vsyscalls configurable doesn't seem to work, does it ?
>
> vsyscalls aren't used for that.  We have a restorer in libc and could
> easily use one in the vdso.  That's what is done on x86.
>

Sorry for my ignorance but what' is 'a restorer' ?

-- 
Francis
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