linux-kernel - Re: x86_64: vsyscall vs vdso

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:58:14 -0700
From:	"Ulrich Drepper" <drepper@...il.com>
To:	"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86_64: vsyscall vs vdso

On 9/17/07, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@...il.com> wrote:
> Actually if we could easily retrieve the vdso in a process memory
> mapping (through a new syscall or /proc/self/maps), it should be easy
> for gcc/ld to statically links vdso functions into a statically linked
> app, shouldn't it ?

Nonsense.  All the code which is in the vdso has a real implementation
in libc.  No need to substitute.  The vdso is only there to adjust a
program to the actual environment in which it is executed and not in
which it is built.  Your suggestion would do the latter which is
complete and utter nonsense.
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