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Author SHA1 Message Date
Adhemerval Zanella
7cbeabac0f x86: Remove vsyscall usage
This patch removes the vsyscall usage for x86_64 port.  As indicated
by kernel code comments [1], vsyscalls are a legacy ABI and its concept
is problematic:

- It interferes with ASLR.
- It's awkward to write code that lives in kernel addresses but is
  callable by userspace at fixed addresses.
- The whole concept is impossible for 32-bit compat userspace.
- UML cannot easily virtualize a vsyscall.

The VDSO is a better approach for such functionality.  Tested on i686,
x86_64, and x32.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/gettimeofday.c
	(__gettimeofday_syscall): Remove vsyscall fallback.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/time.c (__time_syscall): Likewise.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/gettimeofday.c (__gettimeofday_syscall):
	Add syscall fallback function.
	(gettimeofday_ifunc): Use __gettimeofday_syscall as fallback mechanism
	if vDSO is not present.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/time.c (__time_syscall): Add syscall
	fallback function.
	(time_ifunc): Use __time_syscall as fallback mechanism if vDSO is not
	present.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/gettimeofday.c: Remove file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/time.c: Likewise.

[1] arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
2015-06-09 18:10:19 -03:00
Adhemerval Zanella
ca677d3c3c Add x86 32 bit vDSO time function support
Linux 3.15 adds support for clock_gettime, gettimeofday, and time vDSO
(commit id 37c975545ec63320789962bf307f000f08fabd48).  This patch adds
GLIBC supports to use such symbol when they are avaiable.

Along with x86 vDSO support, this patch cleanup x86_64 code by moving
all common code to x86 common folder.  Only init-first.c is different
between implementations.
2015-01-12 16:03:58 -02:00