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authorAlex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>2011-10-17 15:42:02 -0500
committerAlex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>2011-10-17 15:42:02 -0500
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Resolved conflicts: fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h: - deleted struct xfs_ail field xa_flags - kept field xa_log_flush in struct xfs_ail fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c: - in xfsaild_push(), in XFS_ITEM_PUSHBUF case, replaced "flush_log = 1" with "ailp->xa_log_flush++" Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
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@@ -2706,10 +2706,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
functions are at fixed addresses, they make nice
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
- emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely.
+ emulate Vsyscalls turn into traps and are emulated
+ reasonably safely.
- native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
+ native [default] Vsyscalls are native syscall
+ instructions.
This is a little bit faster than trapping
and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
better than they would in emulation mode.