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-rw-r--r--arch/Kconfig6
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/avr32/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/c6x/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/cris/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/frv/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/h8300/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/hexagon/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/microblaze/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/mn10300/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/openrisc/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/score/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/score/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/unicore32/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/um/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/xtensa/Kconfig2
-rw-r--r--arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h1
-rw-r--r--fs/exec.c21
-rw-r--r--include/linux/binfmts.h4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syscalls.h9
-rw-r--r--init/main.c4
-rw-r--r--kernel/fork.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/kmod.c6
63 files changed, 6 insertions, 131 deletions
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 8d698fb5ccc9..0a8dd0585d0d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -271,12 +271,6 @@ config ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC
select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
bool
-config GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- bool
-
-config GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
- bool
-
config HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
bool
help
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 5dd7f5db24d4..7e3710c0cce5 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ config ALPHA
select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
help
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
index eb3a4664ced2..68c75f2fadb9 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8918a2dd89b4..b789654e7e2f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ config ARM
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if SMP
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 7cd13cc62624..21a2700d2957 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SOCKETCALL
#endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 4b03c56ec329..a846029bebcc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ config ARM64
select GENERIC_IOMAP
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
index d69aeea6da1e..738322945d1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index 649aeb9acecb..06e73bf665e9 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ config AVR32
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
help
AVR32 is a high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core,
designed for cost-sensitive embedded applications, with particular
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
index f05a9804e8e2..0bdf6371574e 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETPGRP
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index ab9ff4075f4d..b6f3ad5441c5 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ config BLACKFIN
select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET if !GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config GENERIC_CSUM
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
index 460514a1a4e1..38711e28baac 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NICE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
/*
diff --git a/arch/c6x/Kconfig b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
index 66eab3703c75..f6a3648f5ec3 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/c6x/Kconfig
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ config C6X
select OF
select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
config MMU
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index f3987a8703d9..e7d09a614d10 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
* more details.
*/
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
/* Use the standard ABI for syscalls. */
diff --git a/arch/cris/Kconfig b/arch/cris/Kconfig
index 0cac6a49f230..c59a01dd9c0c 100644
--- a/arch/cris/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/cris/Kconfig
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ config CRIS
select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD if ETRAX_ARCH_V32
select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
config HZ
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
index f27b542e0ebc..5cda75a9cc1e 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index df2eb4bd9fa2..9d262645f667 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ config FRV
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config ZONE_DMA
bool
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1807d8ea8cb5..d685da17f5fb 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index 04bef4d25b4a..98fabd10e95f 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ config H8300
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config SYMBOL_PREFIX
string
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
index c2c2f5c7d6bf..566f94860c45 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
index e418803b6c8e..0744f7d7b1fd 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/hexagon/Kconfig
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ config HEXAGON
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
---help---
Qualcomm Hexagon is a processor architecture designed for high
performance and low power across a wide variety of applications.
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 2af81533bd0f..4a87cc47075c 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
*/
#define sys_mmap2 sys_mmap_pgoff
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 670600468128..3279646120e3 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ config IA64
select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL_OLD
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
default y
help
The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1574bca86138..8b3ff2f5b861 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#if !defined(__ASSEMBLY__) && !defined(ASSEMBLER)
diff --git a/arch/m32r/Kconfig b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
index 5183f43a2cf7..f807721e19a5 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m32r/Kconfig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ config M32R
select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config SBUS
bool
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
index d9e7351af2a4..cbfa39158fef 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLDUMOUNT
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index 953a7ba5d050..6710084e072a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ config M68K
select FPU if MMU
select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
select ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET if MMU && !COLDFIRE
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
index a021d67cdd72..847994ce6804 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
index 4bcf89148f3c..ba3b7c8c04b8 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Kconfig
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ config MICROBLAZE
select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
config SWAP
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
index 94d978986b75..38cabf4db548 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 4183e62f178c..dba9390d37cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ config MIPS
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if 64BIT
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
menu "Machine selection"
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
index b306e2081cad..9e47cc11aa26 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
#define __ARCH_OMIT_COMPAT_SYS_GETDENTS64
#define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_ALARM
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_GETHOSTNAME
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_IPC
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
index 72471744a912..aa03f2e13385 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mn10300/Kconfig
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ config MN10300
select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
select HAVE_NMI_WATCHDOG if MN10300_WD_TIMER
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
config AM33_2
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
index cabf8ba73b27..e6d2ed4ba68f 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index e7f1a2993f78..05f2ba41ff1a 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config OPENRISC
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config MMU
def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 5082b8066325..ce40b71df006 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
#define sys_mmap2 sys_mmap_pgoff
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index e688a2be30f6..b77feffbadea 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ config PARISC
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
help
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 1efef41659c9..3043194547cd 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, type5 arg5) \
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 951a517a1a0f..17903f1f356b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -141,10 +141,8 @@ config PPC
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
config EARLY_PRINTK
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 76fe846ec40e..784872f93711 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NEWFSTATAT
#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
#endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 3cbb8757704e..5029ebf7110e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ config S390
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select KTIME_SCALAR if 32BIT
select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select CLONE_BACKWARDS2
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
index 086bb8eaf6ab..636530872516 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
# define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_TIME
# define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
# endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/score/Kconfig b/arch/score/Kconfig
index 45893390c7dd..3b1482e7afac 100644
--- a/arch/score/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/score/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ config SCORE
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
choice
diff --git a/arch/score/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/score/include/asm/unistd.h
index 56001c93095a..9cb4260a5f3e 100644
--- a/arch/score/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/score/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_NO_FLAGS
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_OFF_T
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYSCALL_DEPRECATED
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 8451317eed58..babc2b826c5c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ config SUPERH
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC if DWARF_UNWINDER
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
help
The SuperH is a RISC processor targeted for use in embedded systems
and consumer electronics; it was also used in the Sega Dreamcast
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
index 43d3f26b2eab..012004ed3330 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPENDING
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_RT_SIGACTION
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 0c7d365fa402..9f2edb5c5551 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ config SPARC
select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config SPARC32
def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
index c3e5d8b64171..0ecea6ed943e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_RT_SIGSUSPEND
#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
#endif
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
/*
* "Conditional" syscalls
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index ea7f61e8bc9e..875d008828b8 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ config TILE
select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
# FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
# select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
index b51c6ee3cd6c..940831fe9e94 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_LLSEEK
#endif
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NEWFSTATAT
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
index c4fbb21e802b..60651df5f952 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ config UNICORE32
select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
select GENERIC_IOMAP
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
help
UniCore-32 is 32-bit Instruction Set Architecture,
including a series of low-power-consumption RISC chip
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 00cf5e286fca..d4cc4559d848 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@
/* Use the standard ABI for syscalls. */
#include <asm-generic/unistd.h>
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0df6e7d84539..01ca0ebaff0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ config X86
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select HAVE_RCU_USER_QS if X86_64
select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if X86_32
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if X86_64
select CLONE_BACKWARDS if X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
index 0e7dea7d3669..9dcfcc1d6f92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_WAITPID
-# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_VFORK
# define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
index 8f51c39750d1..0fd20f241e40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ endmenu
config UML_X86
def_bool y
select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
config 64BIT
bool "64-bit kernel" if SUBARCH = "x86"
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 2481f267be29..03a8c107e07e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ config XTENSA
select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
- select GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
select CLONE_BACKWARDS
help
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
index e002dbcc88b6..eb63ea87815c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
#ifndef _XTENSA_UNISTD_H
#define _XTENSA_UNISTD_H
-#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
#include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 721a29929511..090ac91da2e9 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1657,7 +1657,6 @@ int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
return __get_dumpable(mm->flags);
}
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_EXECVE
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(execve,
const char __user *, filename,
const char __user *const __user *, argv,
@@ -1685,23 +1684,3 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_execve(const char __user * filename,
return error;
}
#endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename,
- const char *const argv[],
- const char *const envp[])
-{
- int ret = do_execve(filename,
- (const char __user *const __user *)argv,
- (const char __user *const __user *)envp);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
-
- /*
- * We were successful. We won't be returning to our caller, but
- * instead to user space by manipulating the kernel stack.
- */
- ret_from_kernel_execve(current_pt_regs());
-}
-#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 2630c9b41a86..8c1388c6ae27 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -121,8 +121,4 @@ extern void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
extern void set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new);
extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *);
-#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_KERNEL_EXECVE
-extern void ret_from_kernel_execve(struct pt_regs *normal) __noreturn;
-#endif
-
#endif /* _LINUX_BINFMTS_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 1162258bcaf0..9e5a54e3d84f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2291,9 +2291,7 @@ extern int do_execve(const char *,
const char __user * const __user *);
extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
-#endif
extern void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *from);
extern char *get_task_comm(char *to, struct task_struct *tsk);
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 91835e7f364d..9fe5f946526e 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -827,15 +827,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fanotify_mark(int fanotify_fd, unsigned int flags,
const char __user *pathname);
asmlinkage long sys_syncfs(int fd);
-#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_EXECVE
-int kernel_execve(const char *filename, const char *const argv[], const char *const envp[]);
-#else
-#define kernel_execve(filename, argv, envp) \
- do_execve(filename, \
- (const char __user *const __user *)argv, \
- (const char __user *const __user *)envp)
-#endif
-
asmlinkage long sys_fork(void);
asmlinkage long sys_vfork(void);
#ifdef CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e33e09df3cbc..155ac208d581 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -797,7 +797,9 @@ static void __init do_pre_smp_initcalls(void)
static int run_init_process(const char *init_filename)
{
argv_init[0] = init_filename;
- return kernel_execve(init_filename, argv_init, envp_init);
+ return do_execve(init_filename,
+ (const char __user *const __user *)argv_init,
+ (const char __user *const __user *)envp_init);
}
static void __init kernel_init_freeable(void);
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 540730783433..389712ffc0ad 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,6 @@ long do_fork(unsigned long clone_flags,
return nr;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_KERNEL_THREAD
/*
* Create a kernel thread.
*/
@@ -1632,7 +1631,6 @@ pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags)
return do_fork(flags|CLONE_VM|CLONE_UNTRACED, (unsigned long)fn,
(unsigned long)arg, NULL, NULL);
}
-#endif
#ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
SYSCALL_DEFINE0(fork)
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 1c317e386831..0023a87e8de6 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ static int ____call_usermodehelper(void *data)
commit_creds(new);
- retval = kernel_execve(sub_info->path,
- (const char *const *)sub_info->argv,
- (const char *const *)sub_info->envp);
+ retval = do_execve(sub_info->path,
+ (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->argv,
+ (const char __user *const __user *)sub_info->envp);
if (!retval)
return 0;