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automation: document vsyscall=emulate for old glibc

Message ID 20200225121048.5889-1-wl@xen.org (mailing list archive)
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Series automation: document vsyscall=emulate for old glibc | expand

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Wei Liu Feb. 25, 2020, 12:10 p.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
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 automation/build/README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

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Durrant, Paul Feb. 25, 2020, 12:37 p.m. UTC | #1 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xen-devel <xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org> On Behalf Of Wei
> Liu
> Sent: 25 February 2020 12:11
> To: Xen Development List <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
> Cc: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>; Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
> Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] automation: document vsyscall=emulate for old
> glibc
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
> ---
>  automation/build/README.md | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/automation/build/README.md b/automation/build/README.md
> index 476f82cf45..8cda2b65a5 100644
> --- a/automation/build/README.md
> +++ b/automation/build/README.md
> @@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ understands.
>  - XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT: If this is defined in your shell it will be
>    automatically passed through to the container.
> 
> +If your docker host has Linux kernel > 4.11, and you want to use
> containers
> +that run old glibc (for example, CentOS 6 or SLES11SP4), you may need to
> add
> +
> +```
> +vsyscall=emulate
> +```
> +
> +to the host kernel command line. That enables a legacy interface that is
> used
> +by old glibc.
> +

I can vouch that it is indeed necessary.

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@amazon.com>

> 
>  Building a container
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> 2.20.1
> 
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Douglas Goldstein March 3, 2020, 5:38 p.m. UTC | #2 
On 2/25/20 6:10 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>

Acked-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>


Do I need to make this tweak on the current runners?
Wei Liu March 3, 2020, 6:31 p.m. UTC | #3 
On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:38:06AM -0600, Doug Goldstein wrote:
> On 2/25/20 6:10 AM, Wei Liu wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
> 
> 
> Do I need to make this tweak on the current runners?

I don't think so. CentOS 6 containers seem to work fine.

Wei.
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diff --git a/automation/build/README.md b/automation/build/README.md
index 476f82cf45..8cda2b65a5 100644
--- a/automation/build/README.md
+++ b/automation/build/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@  understands.
 - XEN_CONFIG_EXPERT: If this is defined in your shell it will be
   automatically passed through to the container.
 
+If your docker host has Linux kernel > 4.11, and you want to use containers
+that run old glibc (for example, CentOS 6 or SLES11SP4), you may need to add
+
+```
+vsyscall=emulate
+```
+
+to the host kernel command line. That enables a legacy interface that is used
+by old glibc.
+
 
 Building a container
 --------------------