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From: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: VDSO on amd64
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Hi!

> I have mostly finished implementation of "proper" vdso for amd64
> native binaries, both 64bit and 32bit.  Vdso wraps signal trampolines
> into real dynamic shared object, which is prelinked into dynamically
> linked image.

Eleven years ago Giuseppe Cocomazzi posted this:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2010-April/031553.html

vdso and shared page patch

My question: What's the difference between

https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32960

and those changes from 2010 ? I'm curious and maybe a little explaination
would help me understand what happened between 2010 and now.

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