3 files changed, 22 insertions, 68 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
index 646b4c1ca695..aa5add855a91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vgtod.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ struct vsyscall_gtod_data {
 	time_t		wall_time_sec;
 	u32		wall_time_nsec;
 
-	int		sysctl_enabled;
 	struct timezone sys_tz;
 	struct { /* extract of a clocksource struct */
 		cycle_t (*vread)(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
index 3cf1cef75a6a..9b2f3f51bc91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ DEFINE_VVAR(int, vgetcpu_mode);
 DEFINE_VVAR(struct vsyscall_gtod_data, vsyscall_gtod_data) =
 {
 	.lock = __SEQLOCK_UNLOCKED(__vsyscall_gtod_data.lock),
-	.sysctl_enabled = 1,
 };
 
 void update_vsyscall_tz(void)
@@ -103,15 +102,6 @@ static __always_inline int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static __always_inline long time_syscall(long *t)
-{
-	long secs;
-	asm volatile("syscall"
-		: "=a" (secs)
-		: "0" (__NR_time),"D" (t) : __syscall_clobber);
-	return secs;
-}
-
 static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
 {
 	cycle_t now, base, mask, cycle_delta;
@@ -122,8 +112,7 @@ static __always_inline void do_vgettimeofday(struct timeval * tv)
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).lock);
 
 		vread = VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).clock.vread;
-		if (unlikely(!VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).sysctl_enabled ||
-			     !vread)) {
+		if (unlikely(!vread)) {
 			gettimeofday(tv,NULL);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -165,8 +154,6 @@ time_t __vsyscall(1) vtime(time_t *t)
 {
 	unsigned seq;
 	time_t result;
-	if (unlikely(!VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).sysctl_enabled))
-		return time_syscall(t);
 
 	do {
 		seq = read_seqbegin(&VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).lock);
@@ -227,22 +214,6 @@ static long __vsyscall(3) venosys_1(void)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static ctl_table kernel_table2[] = {
-	{ .procname = "vsyscall64",
-	  .data = &vsyscall_gtod_data.sysctl_enabled, .maxlen = sizeof(int),
-	  .mode = 0644,
-	  .proc_handler = proc_dointvec },
-	{}
-};
-
-static ctl_table kernel_root_table2[] = {
-	{ .procname = "kernel", .mode = 0555,
-	  .child = kernel_table2 },
-	{}
-};
-#endif
-
 /* Assume __initcall executes before all user space. Hopefully kmod
    doesn't violate that. We'll find out if it does. */
 static void __cpuinit vsyscall_set_cpu(int cpu)
@@ -301,9 +272,6 @@ static int __init vsyscall_init(void)
 	BUG_ON((unsigned long) &vtime != VSYSCALL_ADDR(__NR_vtime));
 	BUG_ON((VSYSCALL_ADDR(0) != __fix_to_virt(VSYSCALL_FIRST_PAGE)));
 	BUG_ON((unsigned long) &vgetcpu != VSYSCALL_ADDR(__NR_vgetcpu));
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-	register_sysctl_table(kernel_root_table2);
-#endif
 	on_each_cpu(cpu_vsyscall_init, NULL, 1);
 	/* notifier priority > KVM */
 	hotcpu_notifier(cpu_vsyscall_notifier, 30);
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index a724905fdae7..cf54813ac527 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -116,21 +116,21 @@ notrace static noinline int do_monotonic_coarse(struct timespec *ts)
 
 notrace int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct timespec *ts)
 {
-	if (likely(gtod->sysctl_enabled))
-		switch (clock) {
-		case CLOCK_REALTIME:
-			if (likely(gtod->clock.vread))
-				return do_realtime(ts);
-			break;
-		case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
-			if (likely(gtod->clock.vread))
-				return do_monotonic(ts);
-			break;
-		case CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE:
-			return do_realtime_coarse(ts);
-		case CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE:
-			return do_monotonic_coarse(ts);
-		}
+	switch (clock) {
+	case CLOCK_REALTIME:
+		if (likely(gtod->clock.vread))
+			return do_realtime(ts);
+		break;
+	case CLOCK_MONOTONIC:
+		if (likely(gtod->clock.vread))
+			return do_monotonic(ts);
+		break;
+	case CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE:
+		return do_realtime_coarse(ts);
+	case CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE:
+		return do_monotonic_coarse(ts);
+	}
+
 	return vdso_fallback_gettime(clock, ts);
 }
 int clock_gettime(clockid_t, struct timespec *)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ int clock_gettime(clockid_t, struct timespec *)
 notrace int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
 {
 	long ret;
-	if (likely(gtod->sysctl_enabled && gtod->clock.vread)) {
+	if (likely(gtod->clock.vread)) {
 		if (likely(tv != NULL)) {
 			BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct timeval, tv_usec) !=
 				     offsetof(struct timespec, tv_nsec) ||
@@ -161,27 +161,14 @@ notrace int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
 int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, struct timezone *)
 	__attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_gettimeofday")));
 
-/* This will break when the xtime seconds get inaccurate, but that is
- * unlikely */
-
-static __always_inline long time_syscall(long *t)
-{
-	long secs;
-	asm volatile("syscall"
-		     : "=a" (secs)
-		     : "0" (__NR_time), "D" (t) : "cc", "r11", "cx", "memory");
-	return secs;
-}
-
+/*
+ * This will break when the xtime seconds get inaccurate, but that is
+ * unlikely
+ */
 notrace time_t __vdso_time(time_t *t)
 {
-	time_t result;
-
-	if (unlikely(!VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).sysctl_enabled))
-		return time_syscall(t);
-
 	/* This is atomic on x86_64 so we don't need any locks. */
-	result = ACCESS_ONCE(VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).wall_time_sec);
+	time_t result = ACCESS_ONCE(VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).wall_time_sec);
 
 	if (t)
 		*t = result;