linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] x86/entry/vdso: refactor the vdso build

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Message-ID: <1cd27f96-9f29-4607-90d8-c98593eacfbb@zytor.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:11:55 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
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        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] x86/entry/vdso: refactor the vdso build

On 2025-11-13 10:38, Brian Gerst wrote:
> 
> Some of these changes (like moving vdso2c) can be split out into
> smaller patches.
> 

Sure, but is it worth the extra work?

	-hpa