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Message-Id: <20250321-x86_x2apic-v3-7-b0cbaa6fa338@ixit.cz>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:48:49 +0100
From: David Heidelberg via B4 Relay <devnull+david.ixit.cz@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
 Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, 
 x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 
 Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, 
 Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
 linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, 
 Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@...pl>, 
 David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v3 7/7] x86/Kconfig: Document release year of glibc 2.3.3

From: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@...pl>

I wonder how many people were checking their glibc version when
considering whether to enable this option.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@...pl>
Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ba6ba3a7011554d9cb58fb0acf48d541da8ed69b..22dd962f8e5c86741a512e12596bd940cd1dae97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
 
 config COMPAT_VDSO
 	def_bool n
-	prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)"
+	prompt "Workaround for glibc 2.3.2 / 2.3.3 (released in year 2003/2004)"
 	depends on COMPAT_32
 	help
 	  Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are

-- 
2.49.0



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