[CRIU] [PATCH 1/2] DO NOT MERGE: Move x86 VDSO code to AArch64

Cyrill Gorcunov gorcunov at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 08:47:56 PDT 2014


On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 11:37:01AM -0400, Christopher Covington wrote:
> 
> What makes you predict the code will become more different between
> architectures? The interactions I've seen on the Linux kernel mailing lists
> indicate that the developers (Andy, Will) are now working more closely with
> each other and their changes are making things more similar across architectures.

I just think so. We already been there when I've cnagned vdso handling (and
result was that it worked on x86 but failed on arm). Moreover we always will
have a chance to merge source code but if we merge it too early this will
become pain in *ss to unsplit it back.

> >   So, I think
> > 
> >  - copy the files you need into ARM's arch
> >  - tune them up to be workable on ARM
> > 
> > this is safest from my POV.
> 
> I'll submit patches like this in the sort term, based on your vdso/vvar
> re-ordering series. Are there any changes needed to them before they can be
> merged?

None I think of. I guess once you have it worked well on arm it might be
a single commit with all files merged in.


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