Re: [PATCH 15/18] x86 vDSO: consolidate vdso32

[Andi Kleen]

> I think you should drop CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO support for 32-bit VDSO on
> 64-bit kernel.  This was only to hack around a broken version of glibc
> that shipped with SUSE PRO 9.0, 

I would be severly opposed to that. You cannot break compatibility to a large
chunk of userland. You would also break some of my test setups.
 
> Perhaps it is finally time to remove the hack from 32-bit as well, and
> eliminate COMPAT_VDSO entirely?  Or does it really have to live forever.

Yes it has.

-Andi
 
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