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> > This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that > > use iopl/ioperm type functionality where you should be doing a SELECT of > > X86_IOPORT. The one that comes to mind is the uvesa driver. From a quick > > scan it may these days be the only mainstream one that needs the select > > adding. > > Should kernel drivers really express dependencies that only their > (current instances of) corresponding userspace componen...

> > This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that > > use iopl/ioperm type functionality where you should be doing a SELECT of > > X86_IOPORT. The one that comes to mind is the uvesa driver. From a quick > > scan it may these days be the only mainstream one that needs the select > > adding. > > Should kernel drivers really express dependencies that only their > (current instances of) corresponding userspace componen...

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 09:33:01 -0800 Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace IO syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these > syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still > default to y. This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that use iopl...

On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 09:33:01 -0800 Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace IO syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these > syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still > default to y. This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that use iopl...

On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 03:27:48PM +0000, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > > This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that > > > use iopl/ioperm type functionality where you should be doing a SELECT of > > > X86_IOPORT. The one that comes to mind is the uvesa driver. From a quick > > > scan it may these days be the only mainstream one that needs the select > > > adding. > > > > Should kernel drivers really express dependencies that only their > > (current instances of) corresp...

On 11/03/2014 07:27 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: >>> This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with userspace helpers that >>> use iopl/ioperm type functionality where you should be doing a SELECT of >>> X86_IOPORT. The one that comes to mind is the uvesa driver. From a quick >>> scan it may these days be the only mainstream one that needs the select >>> adding. >> >> Should kernel drivers really express dependencies that only their >> (current instances of) corresponding u...

...ne Thousand Gnomes wrote: > On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 09:33:01 -0800 > Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > > > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > > userspsace IO syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > > entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these > > syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still > > default to y. > > This isn't unreasonable but there are drivers with usersp...

On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the userspsace IO syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still default to y. In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduces the size of several major kern...

On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the userspsace IO syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still default to y. In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduces the size of several major kern...

Hi Josh, On Tue, Oct 22, 2013, at 3:35, Josh Triplett wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Since these syscalls only exist to support rare legacy > userspace programs, X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does > still default to y. > > In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also redu...

Hi Josh, On Tue, Oct 22, 2013, at 3:35, Josh Triplett wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Since these syscalls only exist to support rare legacy > userspace programs, X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does > still default to y. > > In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also redu...

...n in copy_thread to make subsequent changes easier. The second patch simplifies the complex calculation of the TSS segment limit, which also makes it easier to change in the last patch. Patches 3-9 introduce helpers to make it easier to compile out IO. The last patch adds and uses the new CONFIG_X86_IOPORT to support compiling out userspace IO. v3 had patches 3-10 as a single patch; v4 splits out the various helpers and macros into separate patches, as requested by Thomas Gleixner. I've verified that this compiles after each patch. Josh Triplett (10): x86: process: Unify 32-bit and 64-bit co...

...n in copy_thread to make subsequent changes easier. The second patch simplifies the complex calculation of the TSS segment limit, which also makes it easier to change in the last patch. Patches 3-9 introduce helpers to make it easier to compile out IO. The last patch adds and uses the new CONFIG_X86_IOPORT to support compiling out userspace IO. v3 had patches 3-10 as a single patch; v4 splits out the various helpers and macros into separate patches, as requested by Thomas Gleixner. I've verified that this compiles after each patch. Josh Triplett (10): x86: process: Unify 32-bit and 64-bit co...

On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel entirely. Since these syscalls only exist to support rare legacy userspace programs, X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still default to y. In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduces the size of several m...

On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still default to y. In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduces the size of several major kern...

...tel, Brocade/Vyatta, and 6Wind. Sorry, it has to stay. On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Since these syscalls only exist to support rare legacy > userspace programs, X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does > still default to y. > > In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduc...

...tel, Brocade/Vyatta, and 6Wind. Sorry, it has to stay. On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Since these syscalls only exist to support rare legacy > userspace programs, X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does > still default to y. > > In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduc...

The 32-bit and 64-bit versions of copy_thread have functionally identical handling for copying the I/O bitmap, modulo differences in error handling. Clean up the error paths in both by moving the copy of the I/O bitmap to the end, to eliminate the need to free it if subsequent copy steps fail; move the resulting identical code to a static inline in a common header. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett

The 32-bit and 64-bit versions of copy_thread have functionally identical handling for copying the I/O bitmap, modulo differences in error handling. Clean up the error paths in both by moving the copy of the I/O bitmap to the end, to eliminate the need to free it if subsequent copy steps fail; move the resulting identical code to a static inline in a common header. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org> wrote: > On the vast majority of modern systems, no processes will use the > userspsace I/O syscalls, iopl and ioperm. Add a new config option, > CONFIG_X86_IOPORT, to support configuring them out of the kernel > entirely. Most current systems do not run programs using these > syscalls, so X86_IOPORT does not depend on EXPERT, though it does still > default to y. > > In addition to saving a significant amount of space, this also reduces > t...