On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 19:22 -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > > When the vsyscall page is created, copy the one needed function > > into it. The kernel is already self-modifying in many places; this > > is nothing new. > > AFAIK this will only works on ia32 and x86_64 and not definitely not > on ia64. Who knows about the other platforms ....
I'll bet it does work fine on IA-64. If it didn't, you would be unable to load the kernel or load an executable. I know it works for PowerPC. You'll need an isync instruction of course. You may also want a sync instruction and some code to invalidate the cache. Setting up the page content should be a 1-time operation done at boot. Check your processor manuals as needed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
