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Re: [PATCH] PowerPC: Fix gettimeofday ifunc selection


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Adhemerval Zanella
<azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> The IFUNC selector for gettimeofday runs before _libc_vdso_platform_setup where
> __vdso_gettimeofday is set. The selector then sets __gettimeofday (the internal
> version used within GLIBC) to use the system call version instead of the vDSO one.
> This patch changes the check if vDSO is available to get its value directly
> instead of rely on __vdso_gettimeofday.
>
> This patch changes it by getting the vDSO value directly. This is intended to be
> applied on top of 'PowerPC: Fix ftime gettimeofday internal call returning bogus'.
>
> Tested on PPC64 and PPC32.
>
> ---
>
> 2014-01-13  Adhemerval Zanella  <azanella@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
>         [BZ#16431]
>         * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/gettimeofday.c (__gettimeofday):
>         Adjust the vDSO correctly for internal calls.
>         * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/time.c (time): Likewise.
>

Did the testcase used to discover the bug from
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16430 make it into the
tree?

Ryan


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