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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:21:19 -0400
From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
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To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Subject: Re: 2.6.23-rc3-mm1 - vdso and gettimeofday issues with glibc
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On 08/30/2007 10:08 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:15:45 PDT, Andrew Morton said:
> 
>> So it's an interaction between the x86_64 vdso patches in Andi's tree and 
>> newer glibc, and we don't know which one is getting it wrong yet?
>>
>> If I ever get another -mm out the door (have been without electricity for
>> several days) I'll drop the vdso changes until this is sorted out.
> 
> Don't bother, I tested this last night against a vanilla 2.6.23-rc3 kernel
> and it had the same issue as well.  So Andi's vdso patches in his tree and/or
> the -mm kernel aren't to blame - it's in mainline as well.  And it's been
> in for a while - I also hit it with a 2.6.22-rc6-mm1 kernel.
> 

We also have:

  http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/29/376

(Time repeatedly jumps backwards ~4400 seconds.)
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