Use explicit copy in vdso_gettimeofday() Jeremy's gcc 3.4 seems to be unable to inline a 8 byte memcpy. But the vdso doesn't support external references. Copy the structure members of struct timezone explicitely instead. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Index: linux/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c +++ linux/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval * do_realtime((struct timespec *)tv); tv->tv_usec /= 1000; if (tz != NULL) { - /* This relies on gcc inlining the memcpy. We'll notice - if it ever fails to do so. */ - memcpy(tz, >od->sys_tz, sizeof(struct timezone)); + /* Don't use memcpy. Some old compilers fail to inline it */ + tz->tz_minuteswest = gtod->sys_tz.tz_minuteswest; + tz->tz_dsttime = gtod->sys_tz.tz_dsttime; } return 0; }