linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/11] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT

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Message-ID: <20070117084947.GA19093@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:49:47 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/11] Fix CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO


* Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com> wrote:

> I wouldn't mind if CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO went away entirely. But if it's 
> there, it should work properly.  Currently it's quite haphazard: both 
> real vma and fixmap are mapped, both are put in the two different AT_* 
> slots, sysenter returns to the vma address rather than the fixmap 
> address, and core dumps yet are another story.

i think your patches #1...#7 are must-haves for v2.6.20, while #8-#11 
could be delayed to v2.6.21?

	Ingo
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