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The syntax of the vdso kernel parameter is documented as vdso=[on|off].
The implementation uses vdso=[0|1], an invalid parameter string disables
the vdso support. Fix the mismatch by adding vdso=[on|off] as additional
parameter syntax.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

If sigp_set_prefix fails on __cpu_up we leak the lowcore structures
and async+panic stacks for the failed cpu.
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

!CONFIG_SMP:

arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c: In function 'vdso_init':
arch/s390/kernel/vdso.c:325: error: incompatible type for argument 2 of 'vdso_alloc_per_cpu'

Also move the code out of the BUG_ON statement since it won't be
executed on !CONFIG_BUG. And that would be a bug.
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

The extract cpu time instruction (ectg) instruction allows the user
process to get the current thread cputime without calling into the
kernel. The code that uses the instruction needs to switch to the
access registers mode to get access to the per-cpu info page that
contains the two base values that are needed to calculate the current
cputime from the CPU timer with the ectg instruction.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>

Add a vdso to speed up gettimeofday and clock_getres/clock_gettime for
CLOCK_REALTIME/CLOCK_MONOTONIC.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>