linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 - vdso and gettimeofday issues with glibc

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Message-Id: <20070829161545.9fde1a5c.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:15:45 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	jakub@...hat.com, Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 - vdso and gettimeofday issues with glibc

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:37:38 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:04:33 EDT, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu said:
> 
> (Fixing the Subject: and updating the info)
> 
> > On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:06:48 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc3/2.6.23-rc3-mm1/
> 
> > The issue:  vdso and gettimeofday seem to be having a quarrel.
> 
> This is also open as a Fedora bug:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=262481
> 

So it's an interaction between the x86_64 vdso patches in Andi's tree and 
newer glibc, and we don't know which one is getting it wrong yet?

If I ever get another -mm out the door (have been without electricity for
several days) I'll drop the vdso changes until this is sorted out.
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