# Re: \[PATCH v2 05/17\] vdso: Avoid call to memset() by getrandom

- From: Christophe Leroy \<hidden\>
- Date: 2024-08-29 17:36:43 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2024/08/290884
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2024/08/289625/t.md

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Le 28/08/2024 à 19:25, Segher Boessenkool a écrit :
>
>> Not sure about static binaries, though: do those even use the VDSO?
>
> With "static binary" people usually mean "a binary not using any DSOs",
> I think the VDSO is a DSO, also in this respect?  As always, -static
> builds are *way* less problematic (and faster and smaller :-) )
>

AFAIK on powerpc even static binaries use the vDSO, otherwise signals don't work.

Christophe
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