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fs, kernel: permit disabling the uselib syscall

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uselib hasn't been used since libc5; glibc does not use it.  Support
turning it off.

When disabled, also omit the load_elf_library implementation from
binfmt_elf.c, which only uselib invokes.

bloat-o-meter:
add/remove: 0/4 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-785 (-785)
function                                     old     new   delta
padzero                                       39      36      -3
uselib_flags                                  20       -     -20
sys_uselib                                   168       -    -168
SyS_uselib                                   168       -    -168
load_elf_library                             426       -    -426

The new CONFIG_USELIB defaults to `y'.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Josh Triplett 2014-04-03 14:48:27 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 8f6c5ffc89
commit 69369a7003
4 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ cond_syscall(sys_process_vm_readv);
cond_syscall(sys_process_vm_writev);
cond_syscall(compat_sys_process_vm_readv);
cond_syscall(compat_sys_process_vm_writev);
cond_syscall(sys_uselib);
/* arch-specific weak syscall entries */
cond_syscall(sys_pciconfig_read);