[PATCH v2 0/5] uapi: fix remaining kconfig leaks in UAPI headers

Thomas Weißschuh posted 5 patches 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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arch/arc/Kconfig                         |  6 +-
arch/arc/Makefile                        |  3 +-
arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h         | 99 --------------------------------
arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h         |  3 +-
arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h       |  9 ---
arch/arm/kernel/signal.c                 |  3 +-
arch/nios2/include/{uapi => }/asm/swab.h |  0
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h       |  2 +-
scripts/headers_install.sh               | 30 +---------
9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 146 deletions(-)
[PATCH v2 0/5] uapi: fix remaining kconfig leaks in UAPI headers
Posted by Thomas Weißschuh 3 weeks, 6 days ago
A few UAPI headers still contained references to kconfig symbols.
Clean them all up and afterwards remove the now useless exception
machinery in headers_install.sh.

Intended to be routed through the kbuild tree.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop ARC_HAS_SWAPE kconfig option, use ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
- Drop PSR_ENDSTATE from the ARM ptrace.h header.
- Drop nios2 uapi asm/swab.h.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251230-headers_install-config-leak-v1-0-efba5c58073d@linutronix.de

---
Thomas Weißschuh (5):
      ARC: Always use SWAPE instructions and enable ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
      ARM: uapi: Drop PSR_ENDSTATE
      nios2: uapi: Remove custom asm/swab.h from UAPI
      x86/uapi: Stop leaking kconfig references to userspace
      scripts: headers_install.sh: Remove config leak ignore machinery

 arch/arc/Kconfig                         |  6 +-
 arch/arc/Makefile                        |  3 +-
 arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h         | 99 --------------------------------
 arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h         |  3 +-
 arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h       |  9 ---
 arch/arm/kernel/signal.c                 |  3 +-
 arch/nios2/include/{uapi => }/asm/swab.h |  0
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h       |  2 +-
 scripts/headers_install.sh               | 30 +---------
 9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 146 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
change-id: 20251229-headers_install-config-leak-b8a9219d8b3c

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>

Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] uapi: fix remaining kconfig leaks in UAPI headers
Posted by Nicolas Schier 2 weeks, 4 days ago
[Cc+=linux-kbuild, nathan]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 08:58:28AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> A few UAPI headers still contained references to kconfig symbols.
> Clean them all up and afterwards remove the now useless exception
> machinery in headers_install.sh.
> 
> Intended to be routed through the kbuild tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop ARC_HAS_SWAPE kconfig option, use ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
> - Drop PSR_ENDSTATE from the ARM ptrace.h header.
> - Drop nios2 uapi asm/swab.h.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251230-headers_install-config-leak-v1-0-efba5c58073d@linutronix.de
> 
> ---
> Thomas Weißschuh (5):
>       ARC: Always use SWAPE instructions and enable ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
>       ARM: uapi: Drop PSR_ENDSTATE
>       nios2: uapi: Remove custom asm/swab.h from UAPI
>       x86/uapi: Stop leaking kconfig references to userspace
>       scripts: headers_install.sh: Remove config leak ignore machinery
> 
>  arch/arc/Kconfig                         |  6 +-
>  arch/arc/Makefile                        |  3 +-
>  arch/arc/include/uapi/asm/swab.h         | 99 --------------------------------
>  arch/arm/include/asm/processor.h         |  3 +-
>  arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h       |  9 ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/signal.c                 |  3 +-
>  arch/nios2/include/{uapi => }/asm/swab.h |  0
>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h       |  2 +-
>  scripts/headers_install.sh               | 30 +---------
>  9 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 146 deletions(-)
> ---
> base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
> change-id: 20251229-headers_install-config-leak-b8a9219d8b3c
> 
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>

Thanks a lot for the cleanup, much appreciated!

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org> # kbuild

Kind regards,
Nicolas
Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] uapi: fix remaining kconfig leaks in UAPI headers
Posted by Nathan Chancellor 2 weeks, 3 days ago
On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 12:17:04PM +0100, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 08:58:28AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > A few UAPI headers still contained references to kconfig symbols.
> > Clean them all up and afterwards remove the now useless exception
> > machinery in headers_install.sh.
> > 
> > Intended to be routed through the kbuild tree.

Based on [1], I am going to assume that Arnd will be picking this up via
the asm-generic tree but if you want me to take it via kbuild-next, just
let me know.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/20260112114744-21ac730f-68b4-4f92-9ac0-f4dc6c5bb880@linutronix.de/

Cheers,
Nathan