linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] glibc: Perform rseq registration at C startup and thread creation (v21)

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:24:15 +0200
From:   Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     carlos <carlos@...hat.com>, Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>,
        Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs.nagy@....com>,
        libc-alpha <libc-alpha@...rceware.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Paul <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-api <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] glibc: Perform rseq registration at C startup and thread creation (v21)

* Mathieu Desnoyers:

>> I think we should keep things simple on the glibc side for now and do
>> this changes to the kernel headers first.
>
> Just to be sure I understand what you mean by "keep things simple", do you
> recommend removing the following lines completely for now from sys/rseq.h ?
>
> /* Ensure the compiler supports rseq_align.  */
> __rseq_static_assert (__rseq_alignof (struct rseq_cs) >= 32, "alignment");
> __rseq_static_assert (__rseq_alignof (struct rseq) >= 32, "alignment");

Yes, that's what I meant.

Thanks,
Florian