[PATCH 14/15] alpha: remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH from UAPI

Thomas Weißschuh thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de
Mon Mar 2 04:25:38 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/alpha/include/asm/auxvec.h      | 7 +++++++
 arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/auxvec.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa90ee4f899c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
+#define __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
+
+#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 4 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index 57cae8780d81..d21b87b6730a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
-#ifndef __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
-#define __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
+#ifndef __UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
+#define __UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H
 
 /* Reserve these numbers for any future use of a VDSO.  */
 #if 0
@@ -22,6 +22,4 @@
 #define AT_L2_CACHESHAPE	36
 #define AT_L3_CACHESHAPE	37
 
-#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 4 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
-
-#endif /* __ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H */
+#endif /* __UAPI_ASM_ALPHA_AUXVEC_H */

-- 
2.53.0




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