Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755026AbaFNSQz (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:16:55 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f169.google.com ([209.85.192.169]:59905 "EHLO mail-pd0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754762AbaFNSQx (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:16:53 -0400 From: Andy Lutomirski To: Russ Cox , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Ian Taylor , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: X86 ML , dalias@libc.org, Andy Lutomirski Subject: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 11:16:42 -0700 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1152 Lines: 32 The idea is to add AT_VDSO_FINDSYM pointing at __vdso_findsym. This implements __vdso_findsym. This would make it easier for runtimes that don't otherwise implement ELF loaders to use the vdso. Thoughts? If people like the basic concept, I'll finish it, write up documentation and a selftest. If people don't like it, I'll drop it. Andy Lutomirski (2): uapi: Add some missing dynamic table-related definitions to elf.h [NOT READY] x86/vdso: Add __vdso_findsym arch/x86/vdso/Makefile | 3 + arch/x86/vdso/vdso-findsym.c | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/vdso/vdso-layout.lds.S | 11 ++-- arch/x86/vdso/vdso.lds.S | 1 + arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h | 2 +- include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 6 files changed, 268 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/x86/vdso/vdso-findsym.c -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/