| Message ID | 20250321-x86_x2apic-v3-7-b0cbaa6fa338@ixit.cz (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Handled Elsewhere |
| Headers | show |
| Series | x86: Kconfig cleanups and help text improvements | expand |
* David Heidelberg via B4 Relay <devnull+david.ixit.cz@kernel.org> wrote: > From: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl> > > I wonder how many people were checking their glibc version when > considering whether to enable this option. > > Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk@o2.pl> > Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz> > --- > arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index ba6ba3a7011554d9cb58fb0acf48d541da8ed69b..22dd962f8e5c86741a512e12596bd940cd1dae97 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ 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 So I applied this patch, because it's an obvious improvement over the status quo - but I think we should finally remove COMPAT_VDSO... Thanks, Ingo
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index ba6ba3a7011554d9cb58fb0acf48d541da8ed69b..22dd962f8e5c86741a512e12596bd940cd1dae97 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2225,7 +2225,7 @@ 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