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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-01 17:40:25 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-01 17:40:25 +0200
commit5778077d03cb25aac9b6a428e18970642fc019e3 (patch)
tree2e3f3da1fb99c3646da5ed9a09644696ca5f2309 /arch/x86/Kconfig
parentMerge branch 'timers-nohz-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke... (diff)
parentx86/asm: Drop repeated macro of X86_EFLAGS_AC definition (diff)
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Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 asm changes from Ingo Molnar: "The biggest changes in this cycle were: - Revamp, simplify (and in some cases fix) Time Stamp Counter (TSC) primitives. (Andy Lutomirski) - Add new, comprehensible entry and exit handlers written in C. (Andy Lutomirski) - vm86 mode cleanups and fixes. (Brian Gerst) - 32-bit compat code cleanups. (Brian Gerst) The amount of simplification in low level assembly code is already palpable: arch/x86/entry/entry_32.S | 130 +---- arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 197 ++----- but more simplifications are planned. There's also the usual laudry mix of low level changes - see the changelog for details" * 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (83 commits) x86/asm: Drop repeated macro of X86_EFLAGS_AC definition x86/asm/msr: Make wrmsrl() a function x86/asm/delay: Introduce an MWAITX-based delay with a configurable timer x86/asm: Add MONITORX/MWAITX instruction support x86/traps: Weaken context tracking entry assertions x86/asm/tsc: Add rdtscll() merge helper selftests/x86: Add syscall_nt selftest selftests/x86: Disable sigreturn_64 x86/vdso: Emit a GNU hash x86/entry: Remove do_notify_resume(), syscall_trace_leave(), and their TIF masks x86/entry/32: Migrate to C exit path x86/entry/32: Remove 32-bit syscall audit optimizations x86/vm86: Rename vm86->v86flags and v86mask x86/vm86: Rename vm86->vm86_info to user_vm86 x86/vm86: Clean up vm86.h includes x86/vm86: Move the vm86 IRQ definitions to vm86.h x86/vm86: Use the normal pt_regs area for vm86 x86/vm86: Eliminate 'struct kernel_vm86_struct' x86/vm86: Move fields from 'struct kernel_vm86_struct' to 'struct vm86' x86/vm86: Move vm86 fields out of 'thread_struct' ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig60
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 06dbb5da90c6..48f7433dac6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
- select HAVE_UID16 if X86_32
+ select HAVE_UID16 if X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
@@ -1003,19 +1003,41 @@ config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR
def_bool y
depends on X86_MCE_INTEL
-config VM86
- bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT
- default y
+config X86_LEGACY_VM86
+ bool "Legacy VM86 support (obsolete)"
+ default n
depends on X86_32
---help---
- This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run
- 16-bit real mode legacy code on x86 processors. It also may
- be needed by software like XFree86 to initialize some video
- cards via BIOS. Disabling this option saves about 6K.
+ This option allows user programs to put the CPU into V8086
+ mode, which is an 80286-era approximation of 16-bit real mode.
+
+ Some very old versions of X and/or vbetool require this option
+ for user mode setting. Similarly, DOSEMU will use it if
+ available to accelerate real mode DOS programs. However, any
+ recent version of DOSEMU, X, or vbetool should be fully
+ functional even without kernel VM86 support, as they will all
+ fall back to (pretty well performing) software emulation.
+
+ Anything that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to need
+ this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support V8086
+ mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected mode
+ and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine.
+
+ Enabling this option adds considerable attack surface to the
+ kernel and slows down system calls and exception handling.
+
+ Unless you use very old userspace or need the last drop of
+ performance in your real mode DOS games and can't use KVM,
+ say N here.
+
+config VM86
+ bool
+ default X86_LEGACY_VM86
config X86_16BIT
bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT
default y
+ depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
---help---
This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit
protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling
@@ -1510,6 +1532,7 @@ config X86_RESERVE_LOW
config MATH_EMULATION
bool
+ depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32
---help---
Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point
@@ -2054,6 +2077,22 @@ config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should
be set to 'N' under normal conditions.
+config MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL
+ bool "Enable the LDT (local descriptor table)" if EXPERT
+ default y
+ ---help---
+ Linux can allow user programs to install a per-process x86
+ Local Descriptor Table (LDT) using the modify_ldt(2) system
+ call. This is required to run 16-bit or segmented code such as
+ DOSEMU or some Wine programs. It is also used by some very old
+ threading libraries.
+
+ Enabling this feature adds a small amount of overhead to
+ context switches and increases the low-level kernel attack
+ surface. Disabling it removes the modify_ldt(2) system call.
+
+ Saying 'N' here may make sense for embedded or server kernels.
+
source "kernel/livepatch/Kconfig"
endmenu
@@ -2523,7 +2562,7 @@ config IA32_EMULATION
depends on X86_64
select BINFMT_ELF
select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
- select HAVE_UID16
+ select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
---help---
Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a
64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're
@@ -2537,7 +2576,7 @@ config IA32_AOUT
config X86_X32
bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode"
- depends on X86_64 && IA32_EMULATION
+ depends on X86_64
---help---
Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI
for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the
@@ -2551,7 +2590,6 @@ config X86_X32
config COMPAT
def_bool y
depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32
- select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
if COMPAT
config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT