While reviewing LTP testcases I've found that we still carry workaround for 17 years old distributions that attempted to start bdflush from userspace. I guess it's about the time to remove it.
I've tested the patch on i386. Before the patch calling bdflush() with attempt to tune a variable returned 0 and after the patch the syscall fails with EINVAL. You can use the now deleted LTP bdflush testcase for testing: https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/commit/53ede74305ff7f6498d7456b6e3ea3053ed4b7dd Also I'm not 100% sure that I patched all the syscall tables correctly, so this needs a proper review from arch maintainers. CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: Michal Simek <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis <[email protected]> --- arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h | 3 +-- arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl | 2 +- arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/sh/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h | 2 +- arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S | 2 +- arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 2 +- arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- fs/buffer.c | 27 ------------------- include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 - kernel/sys_ni.c | 1 - .../arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- .../perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 2 +- 21 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl index 9e7704e44f6d..3a08a2708a8a 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 was sys_bdflush 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 aaf479a9e92d..3f247c627b5f 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 was sys_bdflush 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 c39e90600bb3..fd23e4db9d76 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h @@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_quotactl, sys_quotactl) __SYSCALL(__NR_getpgid, sys_getpgid) #define __NR_fchdir 133 __SYSCALL(__NR_fchdir, sys_fchdir) -#define __NR_bdflush 134 -__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_bdflush) + /* 134 was sys_bdflush */ #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 e01df3f2f80d..9cd63d82de53 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 was bdflush 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 7e3d0734b2f3..0c44ee777964 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 was bdflush 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 26339e417695..1f1288d6212d 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 was bdflush 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 3cc1374e02d0..537a3828b9a0 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 was sys_bdflush 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 c9e377d59232..3ab53f3ed358 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 was sys_bdflush 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 103655d84b4b..5ce016e6122c 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 was bdflush 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 e822b2964a83..3364da213530 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 was bdflush 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/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h b/arch/sh/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h index 75da54851f02..5bd0f0c29a95 100644 --- a/arch/sh/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h +++ b/arch/sh/include/uapi/asm/unistd_64.h @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ #define __NR_quotactl 131 #define __NR_getpgid 132 #define __NR_fchdir 133 -#define __NR_bdflush 134 + /* 134 was sys_bdflush */ #define __NR_sysfs 135 #define __NR_personality 136 /* 137 was sys_afs_syscall */ diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl index 016a727d4357..328edef02905 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 was bdflush 135 common sysfs sys_sysfs 136 common personality sys_personality # 137 was afs_syscall diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S index 1bcb86f0b728..1b7ad08f5d2f 100644 --- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ sys_call_table: .long sys_quotactl .long sys_getpgid .long sys_fchdir - .long sys_bdflush + .long sys_ni_syscall /* 134 old bdflush */ .long sys_sysfs /* 135 */ .long sys_personality .long sys_ni_syscall /* for afs_syscall */ diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl index e047480b1605..e199062c38c7 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 ad968b7bac72..b699144d52fc 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 __ia32_compat_sys_quotactl32 132 i386 getpgid sys_getpgid __ia32_sys_getpgid 133 i386 fchdir sys_fchdir __ia32_sys_fchdir -134 i386 bdflush sys_bdflush __ia32_sys_bdflush +134 i386 bdflush sys_ni_syscall sys_ni_syscall 135 i386 sysfs sys_sysfs __ia32_sys_sysfs 136 i386 personality sys_personality __ia32_sys_personality 137 i386 afs_syscall diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl index 5fa0ee1c8e00..6b9fdddd7994 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_sysctl -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 e450c55f6434..6f052ada051c 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -3307,33 +3307,6 @@ int try_to_free_buffers(struct page *page) } 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 */ diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index e2870fe1be5b..3ede2f17a044 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -1104,7 +1104,6 @@ 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_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args __user *args); diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c index 4d9ae5ea6caf..5bab44795a17 100644 --- a/kernel/sys_ni.c +++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c @@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(epoll_wait); COND_SYSCALL(recv); COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(recv); COND_SYSCALL(send); -COND_SYSCALL(bdflush); COND_SYSCALL(uselib); diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl index db3bbb8744af..56b5567de7ff 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ 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 b38d48464368..a83eba11c877 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 compat_sys_quotactl 132 common getpgid sys_getpgid sys_getpgid 133 common fchdir sys_fchdir sys_fchdir -134 common bdflush sys_bdflush compat_sys_bdflush +134 common bdflush - - 135 common sysfs sys_sysfs compat_sys_sysfs 136 common personality sys_s390_personality sys_s390_personality 137 common afs_syscall - - -- 2.21.0
