exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call

ebiederm · ebiederm · commit b48c7236b13c · 2021-07-12T15:17:47.000-05:00
The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time. Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal. Since the code is not needed delete it. [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sg10quue.fsf_-_@disp2133 Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
diff --git 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	common	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	common	bdflush			sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_getpgid, sys_getpgid)
 #define __NR_fchdir 133
 __SYSCALL(__NR_fchdir, sys_fchdir)
 #define __NR_bdflush 134
-__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_bdflush)
+__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_ni_syscall)
 #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
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 # 1135 was get_kernel_syms
 # 1136 was query_module
 113	common	quotactl			sys_quotactl
-114	common	bdflush				sys_bdflush
+114	common	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	common	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	common	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	o32	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	common	bdflush			sys_ni_syscall
 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
@@ -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	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/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  common	bdflush			sys_ni_syscall			sys_ni_syscall
 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/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	common	bdflush				sys_ni_syscall
 135	common	sysfs				sys_sysfs
 136	common	personality			sys_personality
 # 137 was afs_syscall
diff --git 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
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 131	i386	quotactl		sys_quotactl
 132	i386	getpgid			sys_getpgid
 133	i386	fchdir			sys_fchdir
-134	i386	bdflush			sys_bdflush
+134	i386	bdflush			sys_ni_syscall
 135	i386	sysfs			sys_sysfs
 136	i386	personality		sys_personality
 137	i386	afs_syscall
diff --git 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_ni_syscall
-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
@@ -3267,33 +3267,6 @@ 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
@@ -1158,7 +1158,6 @@ 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_sysfs(int option,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/capability.h b/include/uapi/linux/capability.h
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ struct vfs_ns_cap_data {
 /* Allow examination and configuration of disk quotas */
 /* Allow setting the domainname */
 /* Allow setting the hostname */
-/* Allow calling bdflush() */
 /* Allow mount() and umount(), setting up new smb connection */
 /* Allow some autofs root ioctls */
 /* Allow nfsservctl */
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(epoll_wait);
 COND_SYSCALL(recv);
 COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(recv);
 COND_SYSCALL(send);
-COND_SYSCALL(bdflush);
 COND_SYSCALL(uselib);
 
 /* optional: time32 */
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/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	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
@@ -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  common	bdflush			-				-
 135  common	sysfs			sys_sysfs			sys_sysfs
 136  common	personality		sys_s390_personality		sys_s390_personality
 137  common	afs_syscall		-				-
