Ping: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-04 Thread Stefani Seibold
Hi, again i want ask if there is a change to bring the patch back to tip and/or linux next? I also need a review of [Patch v22 10/12] x86: Add 32 bit VDSO time support for 64 bit kernel. Some more tests and acked-by would be also fine :-) Till the 32 bit VDSO time functions are not in the vanil

Re: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-04 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Montag, den 03.03.2014, 23:20 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > Pretty much... contact the glibc maintainers. However, with glibc being a > GNU project you will have to sign a copyright transfer. > > On March 3, 2014 11:02:08 PM PST, Stefani Seibold wrote: > >Hi, > > > >i want ask if there is

Re: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-03 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Pretty much... contact the glibc maintainers. However, with glibc being a GNU project you will have to sign a copyright transfer. On March 3, 2014 11:02:08 PM PST, Stefani Seibold wrote: >Hi, > >i want ask if there is a change to bring the patch back to tip? > >As requested the glibc patch is

Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-03 Thread Stefani Seibold
Hi, i want ask if there is a change to bring the patch back to tip? As requested the glibc patch is now available at http://seibold.net/glibc.patch Any idea how to bring this patch into glibc? Is the process similar to the kernel? - Stefani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "un

[PATCH v22 00/12] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-03 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

Re: [PATCH v21 00/12] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-02 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 03/02/2014 08:32 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > OTOH, hpa may prefer incremental patches, now that this lives in tip. > The branch currently in -tip is dead, so it is not an issue either way. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the bod

Re: [PATCH v21 00/12] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-02 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Stefani Seibold wrote: > >> This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() >> and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > What I'm missing from all the series is any trace of the significant > review and debug work that

Re: [PATCH v21 00/12] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-02 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Stefani Seibold wrote: > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. What I'm missing from all the series is any trace of the significant review and debug work that Andy Lutomirski did for the series. Please add Acked-by or Re

[PATCH v21 00/12] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-02 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-02 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Samstag, den 01.03.2014, 14:56 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 02/28/2014 06:00 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > This leads to a potentially interesting question: is rdtsc_barrier() > > actually necessary on UP? IIRC the point is that, if an > > rdtsc_barrier(); rdtsc in one thread is "be

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-03-01 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/28/2014 06:00 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > This leads to a potentially interesting question: is rdtsc_barrier() > actually necessary on UP? IIRC the point is that, if an > rdtsc_barrier(); rdtsc in one thread is "before" (in the sense of > being synchronized by some memory operation) an r

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-28 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 11:22 PM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 26.02.2014, 16:55 -0800 schrieb Andy Lutomirski: >> >> Once I patch it to work, your 32-bit code is considerably faster than >> the 64-bit case. It's enough faster that I suspect a bug. Dumping >> the in-memory shows som

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-27 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Mittwoch, den 26.02.2014, 16:55 -0800 schrieb Andy Lutomirski: > Um. This code doesn't work. I'll send a patch. I can't speak > towards how well it compiles in different configurations. > > I can't speak towards how well it compiles in different > configurations. Also, vdso_fallback_gettime

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-27 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:34:58PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats > >> the next step? Is there a way to apply it to the linu

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/26/2014 12:54 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Greg KH wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:34:58PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats >>> the next step? Is there a way to apply

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread Andy Lutomirski
Um. This code doesn't work. I'll send a patch. I can't speak towards how well it compiles in different configurations. I can't speak towards how well it compiles in different configurations. Also, vdso_fallback_gettime needs .cfi annotations, I think. I could probably dredge the required inca

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:34:58PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: >> Hi, >> >> i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats >> the next step? Is there a way to apply it to the linux-git or linux-next >> in near future? >

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 08:34:58PM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Hi, > > i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats > the next step? Is there a way to apply it to the linux-git or linux-next > in near future? I thought this was already in the tip tree. Didn't the

Re: Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread Andy Lutomirski
I'm planning on testing this, hopefully today. --Andy On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Hi, > > i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats > the next step? Is there a way to apply it to the linux-git or linux-next > in near future? > > - Ste

Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-26 Thread Stefani Seibold
Hi, i still wait for ACK's for the 32 bit VDSO time function support. Whats the next step? Is there a way to apply it to the linux-git or linux-next in near future? - Stefani -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.k

Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Donnerstag, den 20.02.2014, 15:10 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > > > This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and > > PowerPC it is already there. > > > > Who is doing the glibc work? > I don't know. I hoped this w

Re: [PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-20 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/19/2014 01:09 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This kind of helper must be integrated into glibc, for x86 64 bit and > PowerPC it is already there. > Who is doing the glibc work? -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a messa

[PATCH v20 00/10] Final: Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-19 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

[PATCH v19 00/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-17 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

[PATCH v18 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-16 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

Re: [PATCH v17 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-16 Thread Greg KH
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 09:29:35AM +0100, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Am Samstag, den 15.02.2014, 20:14 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > > On 02/15/2014 08:32 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > > > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO

Re: [PATCH v17 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-16 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Samstag, den 15.02.2014, 20:14 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 02/15/2014 08:32 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > x86-64 allyesconfig: > > AS arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/int80.o >

Re: [PATCH v17 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Samstag, den 15.02.2014, 20:14 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 02/15/2014 08:32 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > x86-64 allyesconfig: > > AS arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/int80.o >

Re: [PATCH v17 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/15/2014 08:32 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. x86-64 allyesconfig: AS arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/int80.o /home/hpa/kernel/distwork/arch/x86/vdso/vdso32/../vclock_gettime.c:128:4: warn

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
The generated/ prefix is wrong because when using O= to build we add $(srcdir)/arch/x86/include and $(objdir)/arch/x86/include/generated to the include path, not $(objdir)/arch/x86/include. On February 15, 2014 6:33:21 AM PST, Stefani Seibold wrote: > >Am Freitag, den 14.02.2014, 14:32 -0800 s

[PATCH v17 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Freitag, den 14.02.2014, 14:40 -0800 schrieb Andy Lutomirski: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > Is there any chance you can shove this in a git tree s

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-15 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Freitag, den 14.02.2014, 14:32 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > I still get build errors. > Oops, i did it again... > i386 allyesconfig, i386 allmodconfig as well as a more basic i386 > configuration: > > arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so.dbg: undefined symbols found > make[4]: *** [arch/x86/vds

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-14 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 02:40:12PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > Is there any chance you can shove this in a git tree s

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-14 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. Is there any chance you can shove this in a git tree somewhere for the next version (in addition to sending patches)? I don't ha

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-14 Thread H. Peter Anvin
I still get build errors. i386 allyesconfig, i386 allmodconfig as well as a more basic i386 configuration: arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so.dbg: undefined symbols found make[4]: *** [arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-int80.so.dbg] Error 1 x86-64 allyesconfig and x86-64 allmodconfig: /home/hpa/kernel/distwork/a

Re: [PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-14 Thread Andi Kleen
This version looks good to me from a quick read. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkm

[PATCH v16 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-14 Thread Stefani Seibold
This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fast and a reliable way, be

Re: [PATCH v15 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-13 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 02/13/2014 11:48 PM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 13.02.2014, 22:47 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: >> Hi, >> >> I tried this patchset, but it fails to compile on i386 "make allyesconfig". >> >> -hpa >> > > I tried "make allyseconfig" on my i386, but the resulting config will

Re: [PATCH v15 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-13 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Donnerstag, den 13.02.2014, 22:47 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > Hi, > > I tried this patchset, but it fails to compile on i386 "make allyesconfig". > > -hpa > I tried "make allyseconfig" on my i386, but the resulting config will always set CONFIG_X86_64=y, so it fails with scripts/m

Re: [PATCH v15 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-13 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Hi, I tried this patchset, but it fails to compile on i386 "make allyesconfig". -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please

[PATCH v15 0/10] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-12 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v14 0/9] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-10 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v13 0/9] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-08 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v12 0/9] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-05 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v11 0/9] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-04 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v9 0/8] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-02 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH v9 0/8] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-02 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH 0/8] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-02 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-02-01 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:03 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 01/30/2014 09:57 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> >> By definition there aren't any broken users of the new functions, >> because there aren't any users at all. So... should we start >> randomizing this thing from the beginning? >> > > The

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/30/2014 09:57 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > By definition there aren't any broken users of the new functions, > because there aren't any users at all. So... should we start > randomizing this thing from the beginning? > The vdso already exists. It isn't new. Randomizing it might be a g

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 30.01.2014, 07:31 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: >> On 01/30/2014 02:49 AM, stef...@seibold.net wrote: >> > The VDSO page for a 32 bit resided now on 0xc000, followed by the VVAR >> > and >> > HPET page. >> >> Any rea

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/30/2014 07:52 AM, Stefani Seibold wrote: > > The reason is that i get need than an additional VMA for HPET and VVAR. > > I seen no break of applications since the __FIXADDR_TOP is not on a fix > place. Lguest, XEN, OPLC and the reservetop Kernel Parameter will change > the VDSO Page Addres

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread Stefani Seibold
Am Donnerstag, den 30.01.2014, 07:31 -0800 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > On 01/30/2014 02:49 AM, stef...@seibold.net wrote: > > The VDSO page for a 32 bit resided now on 0xc000, followed by the VVAR > > and > > HPET page. > > Any reason to not move the vdso base page to the top, in order to avoid

Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 01/30/2014 02:49 AM, stef...@seibold.net wrote: > The VDSO page for a 32 bit resided now on 0xc000, followed by the VVAR and > HPET page. Any reason to not move the vdso base page to the top, in order to avoid breaking broken applications? It seems a fairly innocuous shuffle... probably li

[PATCH 0/4] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2014-01-30 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions a fas

[PATCH 0/6] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2012-12-18 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions

Re: [PATCH] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2012-12-17 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 12/17/2012 02:12 PM, stef...@seibold.net wrote: > arch/x86/Kconfig | 4 +- > arch/x86/include/asm/clocksource.h| 4 - > arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h | 6 +- > arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h | 10 ++- > arch/x86/include/asm/vsyscall.h | 1 -

Re: [PATCH] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2012-12-17 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:12 PM, wrote: > From: Stefani Seibold > > This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() > and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. > > The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers > uses TSC to get a fast time time sta

[PATCH] Add 32 bit VDSO time function support

2012-12-17 Thread stefani
From: Stefani Seibold This patch add the functions vdso_gettimeofday(), vdso_clock_gettime() and vdso_time() to the 32 bit VDSO. The reason to do this was to get a fast reliable time stamp. Many developers uses TSC to get a fast time time stamp, without knowing the pitfalls. VDSO time functions