linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: VDSO: Drop implicit common-page-size linker flag

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:45:31 -0500
From:   Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: VDSO: Drop implicit common-page-size linker flag

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:32 PM <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> GNU linker's -z common-page-size's default value is based on the target
>> architecture. arch/arm/vdso/Makefile sets it to the architecture
>> default, which is implicit and redundant. Drop it.
>>
>> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181206191231.192355-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
>> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
>> ---
>
> The patch looks good to me,
>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> Adding Nathan Lynch to Cc though for further comments, he originally
> added the Makefile flags here and might still remember why he did it.
>
> Unless Nathan objects, please add the patch to Russell's patch
> tracker.

Thanks for cc'ing me -- no objection.

Acked-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@...ux.ibm.com>