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

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Message-ID: <46D6EFDE.4020107@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:27:10 -0400
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, 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 08/29/2007 07:15 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> 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.
> -

Problem is present in stock 2.6.23-rc too. Still don't know whether it is
the new glibc code or the vdso that's causing it, though.
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