* Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> wrote:
> This tests that the vsyscall entries do what they're expected to do.
> It also confirms that attempts to read the vsyscall page behave as
> expected.
>
> If changes are made to the vsyscall code or its memory map handling,
> running this test in all three of vsyscall=none, vsyscall=emulate,
> and vsyscall=native are helpful.
>
> (Because it's easy, this also compares the vsyscall results to their
> vDSO equivalents.)
>
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org>
> ---
>
> Note to KAISER backporters: please test this under all three
> vsyscall modes. Also, in the emulate and native modes, make sure
> that test_vsyscall_64 agrees with the command line or config
> option as to which mode you're in. It's quite easy to mess up
> the kernel such that native mode accidentally emulates
> or vice versa.
>
> Greg, etc: please backport this to all your Meltdown-patched
> kernels. It'll help make sure the patches didn't regress
> vsyscalls.
I've added this to tip:x86/pti, that way it will end up in the linear backport
range of commits.
Thanks,
Ingo
