linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86: Disentangle the vdso and clean it up

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Message-ID: <54458199.1000607@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:41:45 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] x86: Disentangle the vdso and clean it up

On 09/23/2014 10:50 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> 
> Patch 8 removes the vvar that selects the getcpu mode.  That vvar
> has been unnecessary for a couple of years, ever since alternative
> patching has worked in the vdso.
> 

Is there any fundamental reason to not always use LSL at this point?

	-hpa


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