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Message-ID: <174288816852.14745.14262813059892479292.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:36:08 -0000
From:
 tip-bot2 for Mateusz Jończyk <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: mat.jonczyk@...pl, David Heidelberg <david@...t.cz>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/Kconfig: Document release year of glibc 2.3.3

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     de7115636c41fd0c654f5865d513df52a0798f5c
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/de7115636c41fd0c654f5865d513df52a0798f5c
Author:        Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@...pl>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 21 Mar 2025 21:48:49 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:08:57 +01:00

x86/Kconfig: Document release year of glibc 2.3.3

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>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250321-x86_x2apic-v3-7-b0cbaa6fa338@ixit.cz
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1090eda..e72cb77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ 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