linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: remove uselib() system call

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Message-ID: <20250416-abfinden-poeten-c1d0e0307dbd@brauner>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:06:16 +0200
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fs: remove uselib() system call

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:39:53AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 10:27:50AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> > This system call has been deprecated for quite a while now.
> > Let's try and remove it from the kernel completely.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> 
> Yes please. Though I see Debian still has this enabled for alpha and
> m68k:
> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/config/alpha/config#L779
> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/config/m68k/config#L684

Let's just try it. If we fail we'll try again next year. Keeping the
pressure up. :) The reverts should all be fairly simple and I'll keep
the burden for Linus low by doing them myself if we have to.