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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2021-06-29 22:11:44 +0200
committerEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2021-07-12 22:17:47 +0200
commitb48c7236b13cb5ef1b5fdf744aa8841df0f7b43a (patch)
tree51f6b8e92bfc09e9472d82e488f9441217d56aaa
parentLinux 5.14-rc1 (diff)
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exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call
The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time. Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal. Since the code is not needed delete it. [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sg10quue.fsf_-_@disp2133 Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl2
-rw-r--r--arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--fs/buffer.c27
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syscalls.h1
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/capability.h1
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys_ni.c1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl2
20 files changed, 16 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index a17687ed4b51..7ac22e007d52 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
259 common osf_swapctl sys_ni_syscall
260 common osf_memcntl sys_ni_syscall
261 common osf_fdatasync sys_ni_syscall
-300 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+300 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
301 common sethae sys_sethae
302 common mount sys_mount
303 common old_adjtimex sys_old_adjtimex
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index c5df1179fc5d..f8a2d5aa17b7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_personality
# 137 was sys_afs_syscall
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index 99ffcafc736c..03d4ca47d253 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_getpgid, sys_getpgid)
#define __NR_fchdir 133
__SYSCALL(__NR_fchdir, sys_fchdir)
#define __NR_bdflush 134
-__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_bdflush)
+__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_ni_syscall)
#define __NR_sysfs 135
__SYSCALL(__NR_sysfs, sys_sysfs)
#define __NR_personality 136
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 6d07742c57b8..4b20224b14d9 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
# 1135 was get_kernel_syms
# 1136 was query_module
113 common quotactl sys_quotactl
-114 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+114 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
115 common sysfs sys_sysfs
116 common personality sys_personality
117 common afs_syscall sys_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 541bc1b3a8f9..3ec1291c268d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_personality
# 137 was afs_syscall
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index a176faca2927..9be3ace12938 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_personality
137 common afs_syscall sys_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index 253f2cd70b6b..fae35882a165 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
131 o32 quotactl sys_quotactl
132 o32 getpgid sys_getpgid
133 o32 fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 o32 bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 o32 bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 o32 sysfs sys_sysfs
136 o32 personality sys_personality sys_32_personality
137 o32 afs_syscall sys_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e26187b9ab87..eaf0603ae781 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 32 personality parisc_personality
136 64 personality sys_personality
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index aef2a290e71a..6f3953f2a0d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
131 nospu quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 32 personality sys_personality ppc64_personality
136 64 personality ppc64_personality
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 64d51ab5a8b4..aa705e1bd0dc 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_s390_personality sys_s390_personality
137 common afs_syscall - -
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index e0a70be77d84..7bbd6700ae4b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_personality
# 137 was afs_syscall
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 603f5a821502..f520e9cd2c78 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
222 common delete_module sys_delete_module
223 common get_kernel_syms sys_ni_syscall
224 common getpgid sys_getpgid
-225 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+225 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
226 common sysfs sys_sysfs
227 common afs_syscall sys_nis_syscall
228 common setfsuid sys_setfsuid16
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ce763a12311c..a5beae6daf20 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
131 i386 quotactl sys_quotactl
132 i386 getpgid sys_getpgid
133 i386 fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 i386 bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 i386 bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 i386 sysfs sys_sysfs
136 i386 personality sys_personality
137 i386 afs_syscall
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 235d67d6ceb4..b3d1bc8a9095 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
# 205 was old nfsservctl
205 common nfsservctl sys_ni_syscall
206 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
-207 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+207 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
208 common uname sys_newuname
209 common sysinfo sys_sysinfo
210 common init_module sys_init_module
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6290c3afdba4..32718ee13b08 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3268,33 +3268,6 @@ out:
EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_free_buffers);
/*
- * There are no bdflush tunables left. But distributions are
- * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here.
- *
- * Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel.
- * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
- */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data)
-{
- static int msg_count;
-
- if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
-
- if (msg_count < 5) {
- msg_count++;
- printk(KERN_INFO
- "warning: process `%s' used the obsolete bdflush"
- " system call\n", current->comm);
- printk(KERN_INFO "Fix your initscripts?\n");
- }
-
- if (func == 1)
- do_exit(0);
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
* Buffer-head allocation
*/
static struct kmem_cache *bh_cachep __read_mostly;
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 69c9a7010081..2b47584eb843 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ustat(unsigned dev, struct ustat __user *ubuf);
asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void);
asmlinkage long sys_recv(int, void __user *, size_t, unsigned);
asmlinkage long sys_send(int, void __user *, size_t, unsigned);
-asmlinkage long sys_bdflush(int func, long data);
asmlinkage long sys_oldumount(char __user *name);
asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user *library);
asmlinkage long sys_sysfs(int option,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
index 2ddb4226cd23..463d1ba2232a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data {
/* Allow examination and configuration of disk quotas */
/* Allow setting the domainname */
/* Allow setting the hostname */
-/* Allow calling bdflush() */
/* Allow mount() and umount(), setting up new smb connection */
/* Allow some autofs root ioctls */
/* Allow nfsservctl */
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 30971b1dd4a9..cb6f98f5c97a 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(epoll_wait);
COND_SYSCALL(recv);
COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(recv);
COND_SYSCALL(send);
-COND_SYSCALL(bdflush);
COND_SYSCALL(uselib);
/* optional: time32 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index aef2a290e71a..6f3953f2a0d5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
131 nospu quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
136 32 personality sys_personality ppc64_personality
136 64 personality ppc64_personality
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 64d51ab5a8b4..8d619ec86dcc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
131 common quotactl sys_quotactl sys_quotactl
132 common getpgid sys_getpgid sys_getpgid
133 common fchdir sys_fchdir sys_fchdir
-134 common bdflush sys_bdflush sys_bdflush
+134 common bdflush - -
135 common sysfs sys_sysfs sys_sysfs
136 common personality sys_s390_personality sys_s390_personality
137 common afs_syscall - -