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linux(4): Fixup the vDSO initialization order.
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Authored by dchagin on Jun 25 2021, 4:00 PM.
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The vDSO initialisation order should be as follows:

  • native abi init via exec_sysvec_init();
  • vDSO symbols queued to the linux_vdso_syms list;
  • linux_vdso_install();
  • linux_exec_sysvec_init();

As the exec_sysvec_init() called with SI_ORDER_ANY (last) at SI_SUB_EXEC
order, move linux_vdso_install() and linux_exec_sysvec_init() to the
SI_SUB_EXEC+1 order.

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sys/amd64/linux/linux_sysvec.c
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Since the + 1 carries no context I think it would be worth a comment, e.g. mentioning that exec_sysvec_init is SI_SUB_EXEC and this must be after?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 9 2021, 2:02 PM