[PATCH 05/15] x86: Remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH from UAPI

Thomas Weißschuh thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de
Mon Mar 2 04:25:29 PST 2026


There is nothing userspace can do with this value. In the kernel is
always combined with AT_VECTOR_SIZE_BASE, which is not exposed to
userspace and also changes from time to time.

Move the symbol to a kernel-internal header.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/auxvec.h      | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h | 13 +++----------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/auxvec.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed26ad09f3e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
+#define _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
+
+/* entries in ARCH_DLINFO: */
+#if defined(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) || !defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
+# define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 3
+#else /* else it's non-compat x86-64 */
+# define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 2
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index bdde9e18f94e..6677c9ace117 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
-#define _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
+#ifndef _UAPI_ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
+#define _UAPI_ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H
 /*
  * Architecture-neutral AT_ values in 0-17, leave some room
  * for more of them, start the x86-specific ones at 32.
@@ -10,11 +10,4 @@
 #endif
 #define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR		33
 
-/* entries in ARCH_DLINFO: */
-#if defined(__KERNEL__) && (defined(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION) || !defined(CONFIG_X86_64))
-# define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 3
-#else /* else it's non-compat x86-64 */
-# define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 2
-#endif
-
-#endif /* _ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H */
+#endif /* _UAPI_ASM_X86_AUXVEC_H */

-- 
2.53.0




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