linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] x86/vdso: Add build salt to the vDSO

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Message-ID: <012c44ae-d57b-1123-f74c-eb228537600c@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 18:23:53 -0700
From:   Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mark Wielaard <mjw@...oraproject.org>,
        "H. J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nick Clifton <nickc@...hat.com>,
        Cary Coutant <ccoutant@...il.com>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] x86/vdso: Add build salt to the vDSO

On 05/22/2018 05:33 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 5:19 PM Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> The vDSO is linked separately from the kernel and modules. Ensure it picks
>> up the comment section, if available.
> 
> Did you end up preferring this to just sticking the kernel version in a
> .comment in the vDSO for some reason?
> 

That's a good idea I hadn't considered. I'll do that for the next version.

Thanks,
Laura