Commit b48c7236 authored Jun 29, 2021 by Eric W. Biederman

exit/bdflush: Remove the deprecated bdflush system call

The bdflush system call has been deprecated for a very long time.
Recently Michael Schmitz tested[1] and found that the last known
caller of of the bdflush system call is unaffected by it's removal.

Since the code is not needed delete it.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/36123b5d-daa0-6c2b-f2d4-a942f069fd54@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87sg10quue.fsf_-_@disp2133


Tested-by: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>

parent e73f0f0e

arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl

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		@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
		259 common osf_swapctl sys_ni_syscall
		260 common osf_memcntl sys_ni_syscall
		261 common osf_fdatasync sys_ni_syscall
		300 common bdflush sys_bdflush
		300 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
		301 common sethae sys_sethae
		302 common mount sys_mount
		303 common old_adjtimex sys_old_adjtimex

arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl

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		@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
		131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
		132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
		133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
		134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
		134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
		135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
		136 common personality sys_personality
		# 137 was sys_afs_syscall

arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h

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		@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_getpgid, sys_getpgid)
		#define __NR_fchdir 133
		__SYSCALL(__NR_fchdir, sys_fchdir)
		#define __NR_bdflush 134
		__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_bdflush)
		__SYSCALL(__NR_bdflush, sys_ni_syscall)
		#define __NR_sysfs 135
		__SYSCALL(__NR_sysfs, sys_sysfs)
		#define __NR_personality 136

arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl

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		@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
		# 1135 was get_kernel_syms
		# 1136 was query_module
		113 common quotactl sys_quotactl
		114 common bdflush sys_bdflush
		114 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
		115 common sysfs sys_sysfs
		116 common personality sys_personality
		117 common afs_syscall sys_ni_syscall

arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl

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		@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
		131 common quotactl sys_quotactl
		132 common getpgid sys_getpgid
		133 common fchdir sys_fchdir
		134 common bdflush sys_bdflush
		134 common bdflush sys_ni_syscall
		135 common sysfs sys_sysfs
		136 common personality sys_personality
		# 137 was afs_syscall