linux-kernel - [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf/preload: Don't select USERMODE

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Message-Id: <20250721-remove-usermode-driver-v1-1-0d0083334382@linutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:04:41 +0200
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
 Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, 
 Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, 
 Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@...ux.dev>, 
 Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>, 
 Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@...ux.dev>, 
 John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>, 
 Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>, Hao Luo <haoluo@...gle.com>, 
 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, 
 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, 
 bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next 1/2] bpf/preload: Don't select USERMODE_DRIVER

The usermode driver framework is not used anymore by the BPF preload code.

Fixes: cb80ddc67152 ("bpf: Convert bpf_preload.ko to use light skeleton.")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig
index c9d45c9d6918d1402dab634e280b56c5c929a858..f9b11d01c3b50d4e98a33c686b55015766d17902 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/bpf/preload/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ menuconfig BPF_PRELOAD
 	# The dependency on !COMPILE_TEST prevents it from being enabled
 	# in allmodconfig or allyesconfig configurations
 	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
-	select USERMODE_DRIVER
 	help
 	  This builds kernel module with several embedded BPF programs that are
 	  pinned into BPF FS mount point as human readable files that are

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