linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:38:01 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ian Lance Taylor <iant@...ang.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpelinux@...il.com>,
	Russ Cox <rsc@...ang.org>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

> I think this issue started when some of the Go developers questioned
> why the kernel needed to provide a very complex interface--parsing an
> ELF shared shared library--for very simple functionality--looking up
> the address of a magic function.  This approach has required special
> support not just in Go, but also in the dynamic linker and gdb, and
> does not work well for statically linked binaries.  The support in gdb
> is perhaps a good idea, but elsewhere it does not make sense.
> 
> So why not provide a simple interface?

What good would it do now that everyone already supports it?

The proposal is 10+ years too late.

-andi
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