[PATCH 11/15] MIPS: Remove AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH from UAPI

Thomas Weißschuh thomas.weissschuh at linutronix.de
Mon Mar 2 04:25:35 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/mips/include/asm/auxvec.h      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h |  8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/auxvec.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76c445e7890f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Imagination Technologies
+ * Author: Alex Smith <alex.smith at imgtec.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_AUXVEC_H
+#define __ASM_AUXVEC_H
+
+#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 1 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_AUXVEC_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index 612c2c41f60b..1331ac4d935e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@
  * option) any later version.
  */
 
-#ifndef __ASM_AUXVEC_H
-#define __ASM_AUXVEC_H
+#ifndef __UAPI_ASM_AUXVEC_H
+#define __UAPI_ASM_AUXVEC_H
 
 /* Location of VDSO image. */
 #define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR		33
 
-#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 1 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
-
-#endif /* __ASM_AUXVEC_H */
+#endif /* __UAPI_ASM_AUXVEC_H */

-- 
2.53.0




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