Commit 2ad53110 authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://tesla.tglx.de/git/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://tesla.tglx.de/git/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86: Default to vsyscall=native for now
parents 153b19a3 2b666859
......@@ -2706,10 +2706,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
emulated reasonably safely.
emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
reasonably safely.
native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall
instructions.
This is a little bit faster than trapping
and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
better than they would in emulation mode.
......
......@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ DEFINE_VVAR(struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data) =
.lock = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock),
};
static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = EMULATE;
static enum { EMULATE, NATIVE, NONE } vsyscall_mode = NATIVE;
static int __init vsyscall_setup(char *str)
{
......
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