sysctl: Remove the sysctl system call

This system call has been deprecated almost since it was introduced, and in a survey of the linux distributions I can no longer find any of them that enable CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL. The only indication that I can find that anyone might care is that a few of the defconfigs in the kernel enable CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL. However this appears in only 31 of 414 defconfigs in the kernel, so I suspect this symbols presence is simply because it is harmless to include rather than because it is necessary. As there appear to be no users of the sysctl system call, remove the code. As this removes one of the few uses of the internal kernel mount of proc I hope this allows for even more simplifications of the proc filesystem. Cc: Alex Smith <[email protected]> Cc: Anders Berg <[email protected]> Cc: Apelete Seketeli <[email protected]> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> Cc: Chee Nouk Phoon <[email protected]> Cc: Chris Zankel <[email protected]> Cc: Christian Ruppert <[email protected]> Cc: Greg Ungerer <[email protected]> Cc: Harvey Hunt <[email protected]> Cc: Helge Deller <[email protected]> Cc: Hongliang Tao <[email protected]> Cc: Hua Yan <[email protected]> Cc: Huacai Chen <[email protected]> Cc: John Crispin <[email protected]> Cc: Jonas Jensen <[email protected]> Cc: Josh Boyer <[email protected]> Cc: Jun Nie <[email protected]> Cc: Kevin Hilman <[email protected]> Cc: Kevin Wells <[email protected]> Cc: Kumar Gala <[email protected]> Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> Cc: Ley Foon Tan <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Walleij <[email protected]> Cc: Markos Chandras <[email protected]> Cc: Max Filippov <[email protected]> Cc: Noam Camus <[email protected]> Cc: Olof Johansson <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Burton <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Mundt <[email protected]> Cc: Phil Edworthy <[email protected]> Cc: Pierrick Hascoet <[email protected]> Cc: Ralf Baechle <[email protected]> Cc: Roland Stigge <[email protected]> Cc: Santosh Shilimkar <[email protected]> Cc: Scott Telford <[email protected]> Cc: Stephen Boyd <[email protected]> Cc: Steven J. Hill <[email protected]> Cc: Tanmay Inamdar <[email protected]> Cc: Vineet Gupta <[email protected]> Cc: Wolfram Sang <[email protected]> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <[email protected]>
2026-10-07 05:31:08 -04:00 · 2019-11-26 13:03:56 -06:00
1 parent 54ecb8f702
commit 61a47c1ad3
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
 # CONFIG_SIGNALFD is not set
 # CONFIG_TIMERFD is not set
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_UID=2100
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_ROOT_GID=501
 # CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_AIO is not set
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y
 CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_BASE_FULL is not set
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_BASE_FULL is not set
 # CONFIG_SIGNALFD is not set
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # CONFIG_SWAP is not set
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
 # CONFIG_FUTEX is not set
 # CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LOONGSON64=y
 CONFIG_LOONGSON_MACH3X=y
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_AUDIT=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 # CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH is not set
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_USER_NS=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
 CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
 # CONFIG_SIGNALFD is not set
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y
 CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
 # CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
 # CONFIG_SIGNALFD is not set
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="$$KERNEL_INITRAMFS_SOURCE"
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 # CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE is not set
 # CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ is not set
 # CONFIG_PCI is not set
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set
 # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_RELAY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_XTENSA_VARIANT_DC233C=y
@@ -1372,23 +1372,6 @@ config SYSFS_SYSCALL

 	  If unsure say Y here.

-config SYSCTL_SYSCALL
-	bool "Sysctl syscall support" if EXPERT
-	depends on PROC_SYSCTL
-	default n
-	select SYSCTL
-	---help---
-	  sys_sysctl uses binary paths that have been found challenging
-	  to properly maintain and use.  The interface in /proc/sys
-	  using paths with ascii names is now the primary path to this
-	  information.
-
-	  Almost nothing using the binary sysctl interface so if you are
-	  trying to save some space it is probably safe to disable this,
-	  making your kernel marginally smaller.
-
-	  If unsure say N here.
-
 config FHANDLE
 	bool "open by fhandle syscalls" if EXPERT
 	select EXPORTFS