Re: [PATCH] PowerPC: Fix gettimeofday ifunc selection

[Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>]

On 13-01-2014 21:09, Ryan Arnold wrote:
> 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
>
GLIBC does not have a similar testcase and I think it is not usual to add testcase
in code freeze.