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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:19:29 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
	Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.1 105/138] Documentation/admin: Remove the vsyscall=native documentation

From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

commit d974ffcfb7447db5f29a4b662a3eaf99a4e1109e upstream.

The vsyscall=native feature is gone -- remove the docs.

Fixes: 076ca272a14c ("x86/vsyscall/64: Drop "native" vsyscalls")
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d77c7105eb4c57c1a95a95b6a5b8ba194a18e764.1561610354.git.luto@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5074,12 +5074,6 @@
 			emulate     [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
 			            emulated reasonably safely.
 
-			native      Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
-			            This is a little bit faster than trapping
-			            and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
-			            better than they would in emulation mode.
-			            It also makes exploits much easier to write.
-
 			none        Vsyscalls don't work at all.  This makes
 			            them quite hard to use for exploits but
 			            might break your system.


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