Revert "x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option"

commit 7ed6fb9b upstream.

This reverts commit fa81511b in
preparation of merging in the proper fix (espfix64).
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/syscalls.h>
 
-int sysctl_ldt16 = 0;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static void flush_ldt(void *current_mm)
 {
@@ -236,7 +234,7 @@ static int write_ldt(void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount, int oldmode)
 	 * IRET leaking the high bits of the kernel stack address.
 	 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit && !sysctl_ldt16) {
+	if (!ldt_info.seg_32bit) {
 		error = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}

arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-setup.c

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ enum {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #define vdso_enabled			sysctl_vsyscall32
 #define arch_setup_additional_pages	syscall32_setup_pages
-extern int sysctl_ldt16;
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -381,13 +380,6 @@ static ctl_table abi_table2[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
-	{
-		.procname	= "ldt16",
-		.data		= &sysctl_ldt16,
-		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
-		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
-	},
 	{}
 };