The cache parameter of getcpu() is not used by the kernel and no user ever
passes it in anyways.
Remove the struct and its header.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weisssc...@linutronix.de>
---
We could also completely remove the parameter, but I am not sure if
that is a good idea for syscalls and vDSO entrypoints.
---
arch/loongarch/vdso/vgetcpu.c | 5 ++---
arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.c | 3 +--
arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso.h | 4 +---
arch/x86/entry/vdso/vgetcpu.c | 5 ++---
arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h | 4 +---
arch/x86/um/vdso/um_vdso.c | 7 +++----
include/linux/getcpu.h | 19 -------------------
include/linux/syscalls.h | 3 +--
kernel/sys.c | 4 +---
tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_getcpu.c | 4 +---
10 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/vdso/vgetcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/vdso/vgetcpu.c
index
5301cd9d0f839eb0fd7b73a1d36e80aaa75d5e76..aefba899873ed035d70766a95b0b6fea881e94df
100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/vdso/vgetcpu.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/vdso/vgetcpu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
*/
#include <asm/vdso.h>
-#include <linux/getcpu.h>
static __always_inline int read_cpu_id(void)
{
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ static __always_inline int read_cpu_id(void)
}
extern
-int __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused);
-int __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused)
+int __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, void *unused);
+int __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, void *unused)
{
int cpu_id;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.c b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.c
index
5c5d4a848b7669436e73df8e3b711e5b876eb3db..1e17665616c5fa766ca66c8de276b212528934bd
100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/getcpu.c
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
/* Copyright IBM Corp. 2020 */
#include <linux/compiler.h>
-#include <linux/getcpu.h>
#include <asm/timex.h>
#include "vdso.h"
-int __s390_vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused)
+int __s390_vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, void *unused)
{
union tod_clock clk;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso.h b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso.h
index
9e5397e7b590a23c149ccc6043d0c0b0d5ea8457..cadd307d7a365cabf53f5c8d313be3718625533d
100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/vdso.h
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
#include <vdso/datapage.h>
-struct getcpu_cache;
-
-int __s390_vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused);
+int __s390_vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, void *unused);
int __s390_vdso_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv, struct timezone
*tz);
int __s390_vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_timespec *ts);
int __s390_vdso_clock_getres(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_timespec *ts);
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vgetcpu.c b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vgetcpu.c
index
e4640306b2e3c95d74d73037ab6b09294b8e1d6c..6381b472b7c52487bccf3cbf0664c3d7a0e59699
100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vgetcpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vdso/vgetcpu.c
@@ -6,17 +6,16 @@
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/getcpu.h>
#include <asm/segment.h>
#include <vdso/processor.h>
notrace long
-__vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache *unused)
+__vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, void *unused)
{
vdso_read_cpunode(cpu, node);
return 0;
}
-long getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache *tcache)
+long getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, void *tcache)
__attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_getcpu")));
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index
7000aeb59aa287e2119c3d43ab3eaf82befb59c4..93e0e24e5cb47f7b0056c13f2a7f2304ed4a0595
100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ static __always_inline void cpu_relax(void)
native_pause();
}
-struct getcpu_cache;
-
-notrace long __vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused);
+notrace long __vdso_getcpu(unsigned *cpu, unsigned *node, void *unused);
#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/vdso/um_vdso.c b/arch/x86/um/vdso/um_vdso.c
index
cbae2584124fd0ff0f9d240c33fefb8d213c84cd..9aa2c62cce6b7a07bbaf8441014d347162d1950d
100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/vdso/um_vdso.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/vdso/um_vdso.c
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
#define DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
#include <linux/time.h>
-#include <linux/getcpu.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
/* workaround for -Wmissing-prototypes warnings */
int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_old_timespec *ts);
int __vdso_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz);
__kernel_old_time_t __vdso_time(__kernel_old_time_t *t);
-long __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused);
+long __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, void *unused);
int __vdso_clock_gettime(clockid_t clock, struct __kernel_old_timespec *ts)
{
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ __kernel_old_time_t __vdso_time(__kernel_old_time_t *t)
__kernel_old_time_t time(__kernel_old_time_t *t) __attribute__((weak,
alias("__vdso_time")));
long
-__vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct getcpu_cache
*unused)
+__vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, void *unused)
{
/*
* UML does not support SMP, we can cheat here. :)
@@ -74,5 +73,5 @@ __vdso_getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct
getcpu_cache *unused
return 0;
}
-long getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, struct getcpu_cache *tcache)
+long getcpu(unsigned int *cpu, unsigned int *node, void *tcache)
__attribute__((weak, alias("__vdso_getcpu")));
diff --git a/include/linux/getcpu.h b/include/linux/getcpu.h
deleted file mode 100644
index
c304dcdb4eac2a9117080e6a14f4e3f28d07fd56..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/include/linux/getcpu.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef _LINUX_GETCPU_H
-#define _LINUX_GETCPU_H 1
-
-/* Cache for getcpu() to speed it up. Results might be a short time
- out of date, but will be faster.
-
- User programs should not refer to the contents of this structure.
- I repeat they should not refer to it. If they do they will break
- in future kernels.
-
- It is only a private cache for vgetcpu(). It will change in future kernels.
- The user program must store this information per thread (__thread)
- If you want 100% accurate information pass NULL instead. */
-struct getcpu_cache {
- unsigned long blob[128 / sizeof(long)];
-};
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index
77f45e5d44139da36a5dacbf9db7b65261d13398..81822d203eac5d8d91488a18ff7fcdc65670df54
100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ struct compat_stat;
struct old_timeval32;
struct robust_list_head;
struct futex_waitv;
-struct getcpu_cache;
struct old_linux_dirent;
struct perf_event_attr;
struct file_handle;
@@ -714,7 +713,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getrusage(int who, struct rusage __user
*ru);
asmlinkage long sys_umask(int mask);
asmlinkage long sys_prctl(int option, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3,
unsigned long arg4, unsigned long arg5);
-asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __user *cpu, unsigned __user *node, struct
getcpu_cache __user *cache);
+asmlinkage long sys_getcpu(unsigned __user *cpu, unsigned __user *node, void
__user *cache);
asmlinkage long sys_gettimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *tv,
struct timezone __user *tz);
asmlinkage long sys_settimeofday(struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *tv,
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index
1e28b40053ce206d7d0ed27e8a4fce8b616c3565..a830d78c1e1eb1d6cef31294feeb6a88dc0f83f3
100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/signal.h>
#include <linux/cn_proc.h>
-#include <linux/getcpu.h>
#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
#include <linux/seccomp.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
@@ -2813,8 +2812,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2,
unsigned long, arg3,
return error;
}
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getcpu, unsigned __user *, cpup, unsigned __user *, nodep,
- struct getcpu_cache __user *, unused)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(getcpu, unsigned __user *, cpup, unsigned __user *, nodep,
void __user *, unused)
{
int err = 0;
int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_getcpu.c
b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_getcpu.c
index
cdeaed45fb26c61f6314c58fe1b71fa0be3c0108..994ce569dc37c6689b1a3c79156e3dfc8bf27f22
100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_getcpu.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/vdso_test_getcpu.c
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@
#include "vdso_config.h"
#include "vdso_call.h"
-struct getcpu_cache;
-typedef long (*getcpu_t)(unsigned int *, unsigned int *,
- struct getcpu_cache *);
+typedef long (*getcpu_t)(unsigned int *, unsigned int *, void *);
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
---
base-commit: 8f5ae30d69d7543eee0d70083daf4de8fe15d585
change-id: 20250825-getcpu_cache-3abcd2e65437
Best regards,
--
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weisssc...@linutronix.de>
