Merge branch 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 vdso changes from Peter Anvin:
 "This is the revamp of the 32-bit vdso and the associated cleanups.

  This adds timekeeping support to the 32-bit vdso that we already have
  in the 64-bit vdso.  Although 32-bit x86 is legacy, it is likely to
  remain in the embedded space for a very long time to come.

  This removes the traditional COMPAT_VDSO support; the configuration
  variable is reused for simply removing the 32-bit vdso, which will
  produce correct results but obviously suffer a performance penalty.
  Only one beta version of glibc was affected, but that version was
  unfortunately included in one OpenSUSE release.

  This is not the end of the vdso cleanups.  Stefani and Andy have
  agreed to continue work for the next kernel cycle; in fact Andy has
  already produced another set of cleanups that came too late for this
  cycle.

  An incidental, but arguably important, change is that this ensures
  that unused space in the VVAR page is properly zeroed.  It wasn't
  before, and would contain whatever garbage was left in memory by BIOS
  or the bootloader.  Since the VVAR page is accessible to user space
  this had the potential of information leaks"

* 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits)
  x86, vdso: Fix the symbol versions on the 32-bit vDSO
  x86, vdso, build: Don't rebuild 32-bit vdsos on every make
  x86, vdso: Actually discard the .discard sections
  x86, vdso: Fix size of get_unmapped_area()
  x86, vdso: Finish removing VDSO32_PRELINK
  x86, vdso: Move more vdso definitions into vdso.h
  x86: Load the 32-bit vdso in place, just like the 64-bit vdsos
  x86, vdso32: handle 32 bit vDSO larger one page
  x86, vdso32: Disable stack protector, adjust optimizations
  x86, vdso: Zero-pad the VVAR page
  x86, vdso: Add 32 bit VDSO time support for 64 bit kernel
  x86, vdso: Add 32 bit VDSO time support for 32 bit kernel
  x86, vdso: Patch alternatives in the 32-bit VDSO
  x86, vdso: Introduce VVAR marco for vdso32
  x86, vdso: Cleanup __vdso_gettimeofday()
  x86, vdso: Replace VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data) by gtod macro
  x86, vdso: __vdso_clock_gettime() cleanup
  x86, vdso: Revamp vclock_gettime.c
  mm: Add new func _install_special_mapping() to mmap.c
  x86, vdso: Make vsyscall_gtod_data handling x86 generic
  ...

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 26237934ac87..ac04d9804391 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY
 	select CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA if X86_64
+	select ARCH_CLOCKSOURCE_DATA
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if X86_64 || (X86_32 && X86_LOCAL_APIC)
-	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL if X86_64
+	select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 	select KTIME_SCALAR if X86_32
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
@@ -1848,17 +1848,29 @@ config DEBUG_HOTPLUG_CPU0
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config COMPAT_VDSO
-	def_bool y
-	prompt "Compat VDSO support"
+	def_bool n
+	prompt "Disable the 32-bit vDSO (needed for glibc 2.3.3)"
 	depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
 	---help---
-	  Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
+	  Certain buggy versions of glibc will crash if they are
+	  presented with a 32-bit vDSO that is not mapped at the address
+	  indicated in its segment table.
 
-	  Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
-	  version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
-	  VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
+	  The bug was introduced by f866314b89d56845f55e6f365e18b31ec978ec3a
+	  and fixed by 3b3ddb4f7db98ec9e912ccdf54d35df4aa30e04a and
+	  49ad572a70b8aeb91e57483a11dd1b77e31c4468.  Glibc 2.3.3 is
+	  the only released version with the bug, but OpenSUSE 9
+	  contains a buggy "glibc 2.3.2".
 
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+	  The symptom of the bug is that everything crashes on startup, saying:
+	  dl_main: Assertion `(void *) ph->p_vaddr == _rtld_local._dl_sysinfo_dso' failed!
+
+	  Saying Y here changes the default value of the vdso32 boot
+	  option from 1 to 0, which turns off the 32-bit vDSO entirely.
+	  This works around the glibc bug but hurts performance.
+
+	  If unsure, say N: if you are compiling your own kernel, you
+	  are unlikely to be using a buggy version of glibc.
 
 config CMDLINE_BOOL
 	bool "Built-in kernel command line"