fs, kernel: permit disabling the uselib syscall

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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Josh Triplett 2014-04-03 14:48:27 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 69369a7003
4 changed files with 21 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static inline void put_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt * fmt)
module_put(fmt->module);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_USELIB
/*
* Note that a shared library must be both readable and executable due to
* security reasons.
@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ exit:
out:
return error;
}
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_USELIB */
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
/*