linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] xen: no need to disable vdso32

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:22:06 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] xen: no need to disable vdso32

Now that the vdso32 code can cope with both syscall and sysenter
missing for 32-bit compat processes, just disable the features without
disabling vdso altogether.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 arch/x86/xen/setup.c |    9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/setup.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void __cpuinit xen_enable_syscall(void)
 
 	ret = register_callback(CALLBACKTYPE_syscall, xen_syscall_target);
 	if (ret != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to set syscall: %d\n", ret);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to set syscall callback: %d\n", ret);
 		/* Pretty fatal; 64-bit userspace has no other
 		   mechanism for syscalls. */
 	}
@@ -145,13 +145,8 @@ void __cpuinit xen_enable_syscall(void)
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32)) {
 		ret = register_callback(CALLBACKTYPE_syscall32,
 					xen_syscall32_target);
-		if (ret != 0) {
-			printk(KERN_INFO "Xen: 32-bit syscall not supported: disabling vdso\n");
+		if (ret != 0)
 			setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32);
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-			sysctl_vsyscall32 = 0;
-#endif
-		}
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 }


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