The subpage_prot syscall was added for specialised system software
(Lx86) that has been discontinued for about 7 years, and is not thought
to be used elsewhere, so disable it by default.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig | 1 -
arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig | 1 -
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 9fa23eb320ff..04c6ca17661a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -833,13 +833,16 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER
this in mind when choosing a value for this option.
config PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
- bool "Support setting protections for 4k subpages"
+ bool "Support setting protections for 4k subpages (subpage_prot
syscall)"
+ default n
depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64 && PPC_64K_PAGES
help
- This option adds support for a system call to allow user programs
+ This option adds support for system call to allow user programs
to set access permissions (read/write, readonly, or no access)
on the 4k subpages of each 64k page.
+ If unsure, say N here.
+
config PPC_COPRO_BASE
bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
index 2de9aadf0f50..afc0dd73a1e6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/powernv_defconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ CONFIG_HWPOISON_INJECT=m
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT=y
CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y
-CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT=y
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
CONFIG_PM=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
index dfa4a726333b..894e8d85fb48 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pseries_defconfig
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y
CONFIG_KSM=y
CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES=y
-CONFIG_PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT=y
CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_RPA=m
--
2.23.0
