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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 60 |
1 files changed, 49 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 06dbb5d..48f7433 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ config X86 select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS - select HAVE_UID16 if X86_32 + select HAVE_UID16 if X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING @@ -1003,19 +1003,41 @@ config X86_THERMAL_VECTOR def_bool y depends on X86_MCE_INTEL -config VM86 - bool "Enable VM86 support" if EXPERT - default y +config X86_LEGACY_VM86 + bool "Legacy VM86 support (obsolete)" + default n depends on X86_32 ---help--- - This option is required by programs like DOSEMU to run - 16-bit real mode legacy code on x86 processors. It also may - be needed by software like XFree86 to initialize some video - cards via BIOS. Disabling this option saves about 6K. + This option allows user programs to put the CPU into V8086 + mode, which is an 80286-era approximation of 16-bit real mode. + + Some very old versions of X and/or vbetool require this option + for user mode setting. Similarly, DOSEMU will use it if + available to accelerate real mode DOS programs. However, any + recent version of DOSEMU, X, or vbetool should be fully + functional even without kernel VM86 support, as they will all + fall back to (pretty well performing) software emulation. + + Anything that works on a 64-bit kernel is unlikely to need + this option, as 64-bit kernels don't, and can't, support V8086 + mode. This option is also unrelated to 16-bit protected mode + and is not needed to run most 16-bit programs under Wine. + + Enabling this option adds considerable attack surface to the + kernel and slows down system calls and exception handling. + + Unless you use very old userspace or need the last drop of + performance in your real mode DOS games and can't use KVM, + say N here. + +config VM86 + bool + default X86_LEGACY_VM86 config X86_16BIT bool "Enable support for 16-bit segments" if EXPERT default y + depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL ---help--- This option is required by programs like Wine to run 16-bit protected mode legacy code on x86 processors. Disabling @@ -1510,6 +1532,7 @@ config X86_RESERVE_LOW config MATH_EMULATION bool + depends on MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL prompt "Math emulation" if X86_32 ---help--- Linux can emulate a math coprocessor (used for floating point @@ -2054,6 +2077,22 @@ config CMDLINE_OVERRIDE This is used to work around broken boot loaders. This should be set to 'N' under normal conditions. +config MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL + bool "Enable the LDT (local descriptor table)" if EXPERT + default y + ---help--- + Linux can allow user programs to install a per-process x86 + Local Descriptor Table (LDT) using the modify_ldt(2) system + call. This is required to run 16-bit or segmented code such as + DOSEMU or some Wine programs. It is also used by some very old + threading libraries. + + Enabling this feature adds a small amount of overhead to + context switches and increases the low-level kernel attack + surface. Disabling it removes the modify_ldt(2) system call. + + Saying 'N' here may make sense for embedded or server kernels. + source "kernel/livepatch/Kconfig" endmenu @@ -2523,7 +2562,7 @@ config IA32_EMULATION depends on X86_64 select BINFMT_ELF select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF - select HAVE_UID16 + select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC ---help--- Include code to run legacy 32-bit programs under a 64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're @@ -2537,7 +2576,7 @@ config IA32_AOUT config X86_X32 bool "x32 ABI for 64-bit mode" - depends on X86_64 && IA32_EMULATION + depends on X86_64 ---help--- Include code to run binaries for the x32 native 32-bit ABI for 64-bit processors. An x32 process gets access to the @@ -2551,7 +2590,6 @@ config X86_X32 config COMPAT def_bool y depends on IA32_EMULATION || X86_X32 - select ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC if COMPAT config COMPAT_FOR_U64_ALIGNMENT |
