The patch titled
Subject: init/Kconfig: remove USELIB syscall by default
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
init-kconfig-remove-uselib-syscall-by-default.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/init-kconfig-remove-uselib-syscall-by-default.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/init-kconfig-remove-uselib-syscall-by-default.patch
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From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: init/Kconfig: remove USELIB syscall by default
The uselib syscall has been long deprecated. There's no need to keep this
enabled by default under X86_32.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220412212519.4113845-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/init/Kconfig~init-kconfig-remove-uselib-syscall-by-default
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -435,8 +435,8 @@ config CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH
See the man page for more details.
config USELIB
- bool "uselib syscall"
- def_bool ALPHA || M68K || SPARC || X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
+ bool "uselib syscall (for libc5 and earlier)"
+ default ALPHA || M68K || SPARC
help
This option enables the uselib syscall, a system call used in the
dynamic linker from libc5 and earlier. glibc does not use this
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
init-kconfig-remove-uselib-syscall-by-default.patch
