linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/5] x86/vdso/32: Use 32bit syscall fallback

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Date:   Sun, 28 Jul 2019 07:50:38 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/5] x86/vdso/32: Use 32bit syscall fallback

On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 6:20 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> The generic VDSO implementation uses the Y2038 safe clock_gettime64() and
> clock_getres_time64() syscalls as fallback for 32bit VDSO. This breaks
> seccomp setups because these syscalls might be not (yet) allowed.
>
> Implement the 32bit variants which use the legacy syscalls and select the
> variant in the core library.
>
> The 64bit time variants are not removed because they are required for the
> time64 based vdso accessors.

Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>