linux-kernel - Re: [patch 03/32] xen: Add nosegneg capability to the vsyscall page notes

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Message-ID: <46357694.2030206@goop.org>
Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:54:44 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 03/32] xen: Add nosegneg capability to the vsyscall page
 notes

Roland McGrath wrote:
> I wouldn't add that macro to asm/elf.h.  There is nothing magical or
> standard about that number.
>   

It was just there for a later patch to set/clear the mask dynamically
depending on whether we're running under Xen.  But I haven't implemented
that yet.

    J
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