diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index a28fb211881df04646e188c255577ee4a44731ca..ec8bed9e7b75b6a9b22fd75a36d614c2712982cc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
316 common mlockall sys_mlockall
317 common munlockall sys_munlockall
318 common sysinfo sys_sysinfo
-319 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+319 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
# 320 was sys_idle
321 common oldumount sys_oldumount
322 common swapon sys_swapon
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig
index f56ac394caf10b4d6218ea24ae895d9b1795be10..4e49d6cb2f62465142a9562f282d049a8db6c17b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/am200epdkit_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_LOCALVERSION="gum"
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2=y
CONFIG_EXPERT=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_SHMEM is not set
# CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
index 7e8ee4adf2696d5ccc6786557feefe80c6c7b5ae..171077cbf419b419ab7d906a23c7ed120a129ccb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/arm/tools/syscall.tbl
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
index 17e81bd9a2d3d4736292d149b6b6d3f6c37209a8..734860ac7cf9d51bc5cba74c2f51209e72a2ca83 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/unistd32.h
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_writev, compat_sys_writev)
__SYSCALL(__NR_getsid, sys_getsid)
#define __NR_fdatasync 148
__SYSCALL(__NR_fdatasync, sys_fdatasync)
-#define __NR__sysctl 149
-__SYSCALL(__NR__sysctl, compat_sys_sysctl)
+ /* 149 was sys_sysctl */
+__SYSCALL(149, sys_ni_syscall)
#define __NR_mlock 150
__SYSCALL(__NR_mlock, sys_mlock)
#define __NR_munlock 151
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index ced9c83e47c979bc15fea801db2f338e3e9b3117..f52a41f4c340b866dc1ba5d11bc5ee9a4fea3f52 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
123 common writev sys_writev
124 common pread64 sys_pread64
125 common pwrite64 sys_pwrite64
-126 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+126 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
127 common mmap sys_mmap
128 common munmap sys_munmap
129 common mlock sys_mlock
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 1a4822de72920ffd2ffc573aac479064e3dd26b6..81fc799d839234f00c0b13e56959f5f165827a97 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index a3f4be8e72385d6fc6a90bd92f969442b0170165..b4e263916f4132a9a710f4f6fc4f604f675d9e3a 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/cu1000-neo_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/cu1000-neo_defconfig
index 6b471cdb16cfba3c4bba7d654fb7b00869467ca2..e924c817f73d07786a7d37269a08eeeb36102c42 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/cu1000-neo_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/cu1000-neo_defconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
CONFIG_USER_NS=y
CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
# CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
index 6b4ee92e3aeddcb5ba797349a25b7c38e6adfb21..f9df9edb67a4077eea652097a5b3a50f6fa546ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n32.tbl
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
149 n32 munlockall sys_munlockall
150 n32 vhangup sys_vhangup
151 n32 pivot_root sys_pivot_root
-152 n32 _sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+152 n32 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
153 n32 prctl sys_prctl
154 n32 adjtimex sys_adjtimex_time32
155 n32 setrlimit compat_sys_setrlimit
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
index 391acbf425a0fe2de3bcdbf8ce4953ff9fe7c4c7..557f9954a2b9a8fd66179f572d0fcffb63638bcd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
149 n64 munlockall sys_munlockall
150 n64 vhangup sys_vhangup
151 n64 pivot_root sys_pivot_root
-152 n64 _sysctl sys_sysctl
+152 n64 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
153 n64 prctl sys_prctl
154 n64 adjtimex sys_adjtimex
155 n64 setrlimit sys_setrlimit
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
index 5727c51875082ccc86d7aa6b6caba91f1c2fbbd4..195b43cf27c84812e16b3214c9a9ea41de2d913a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_o32.tbl
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
150 o32 unused150 sys_ni_syscall
151 o32 getsid sys_getsid
152 o32 fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-153 o32 _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+153 o32 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
154 o32 mlock sys_mlock
155 o32 munlock sys_munlock
156 o32 mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 292baabefade11541ff9c40cbc4b3f22b63541ee..def64d221cd4fb2e22fa541aa130198cc7a3fa9b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index be9f7454606806a95947cc6a598bbbc9fb7cdbfc..c2d737ff2e7bec276dfa2b68cf766de454c648c6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 nospu _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 nospu _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index f1fda4375526303da6303c6ee54378ab482810a1..10456bc936fb09d87afee4fae97fc75ac2ea0b06 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl - -
150 common mlock sys_mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/dreamcast_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/dreamcast_defconfig
index ae067e0b15e3eb7b9cd3a538579926f4e506da08..6a82c7b8ff32b88cdfbe3d003fd53625b0c8a4a5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/dreamcast_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/dreamcast_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/espt_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/espt_defconfig
index a5b865a75d223018f9b98adb4c8bdd003cad9316..9a988c347e9d4e987336f15beb94f5417623a8dc 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/espt_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/espt_defconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/hp6xx_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/hp6xx_defconfig
index a92db6694ce237f156312e0a506f130d60d53008..70e6605d7f7ef77b7c86b22d3331845be971aa9d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/hp6xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/hp6xx_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH7709=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/landisk_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/landisk_defconfig
index 567af752b1bb84d36772e2ceb408623deb90ce16..ba6ec042606f5d3201fcc935401da2490a5fa41d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/landisk_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/landisk_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=y
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/lboxre2_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/lboxre2_defconfig
index 10f6d371ce2cd643b4f49de9f13f7acb4d5a0ec7..05e4ac6fed5f9c78b951ef67c5e3527d824d645e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/lboxre2_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/lboxre2_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=y
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/microdev_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/microdev_defconfig
index ed84d1303acf6ca760948443f16206dfaaa59342..c65667d00313bad3aab8e94bee1a8debda626338 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/microdev_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/microdev_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
CONFIG_CPU_SUBTYPE_SH4_202=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/migor_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/migor_defconfig
index 37e9521a99e5b63ad35d23a9f5d63c388fbc68be..a24cf8cd2cea5694752df6b18dc99c9e31502444 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/migor_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/migor_defconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/r7780mp_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/r7780mp_defconfig
index c97ec60cff27d833a2b2fc7aeaabd00c3b5cdc52..e922659fdadba9adf2b5edb49446af3ec89dd747 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/r7780mp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/r7780mp_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_FUTEX is not set
# CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/r7785rp_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/r7785rp_defconfig
index 55fce65eb45426f22985755c141ae6f0d79eea0e..5978866358ec89f10818a91281b42a76eba4c1cb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/r7785rp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/r7785rp_defconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CONFIG_RCU_TRACE=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2d1_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2d1_defconfig
index 6a3cfe08295f9cc4d4bae41edb32335af6c27948..fc9c22152b086dad40f366c20956364df786955b 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2d1_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2d1_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2dplus_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2dplus_defconfig
index 2b3d7d2806726bba3d4212df8d3075d13eb3c2ed..ff3fd6787fd61c21262c6275ae58fa2195842582 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2dplus_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/rts7751r2dplus_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
index 21a43f14ffacb27ea876ad158be7a11168eb42d2..ff5bb448992265466d5bc20d0682a6b4f1568863 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ CONFIG_USER_NS=y
CONFIG_PID_NS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_UID16 is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
# CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7343_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7343_defconfig
index 4e794e719a28e226f443c4ad6aa4aa8acf28efb1..5d6c19338ebf2992f4c3405e42731a8a0d9153db 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7343_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7343_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_FUTEX is not set
# CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_SHMEM is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7619_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7619_defconfig
index 3264415a59314c3b8ad0578d755498499e0565d8..71a672c307168ecfb64346d514251f16dcd3259f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7619_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7619_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
# CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_UID16 is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
# CONFIG_ELF_CORE is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7705_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7705_defconfig
index 4496b94b7d8896090aba19b34e03c23e403ecd8a..ed00a6eeadf55e31f258bd3f6d0faf09743bf3b9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7705_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7705_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7750_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7750_defconfig
index b23f67542728cc3120be2b6a7de85f79eb518138..3f1c13799d799c2a0241dc0c9f0c55c1a6948de5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7750_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7750_defconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/se7751_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/se7751_defconfig
index 16234368393752d98630bb36049c58e313bbb4ab..4a024065bb7501affe151890ca07afcbace49deb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/se7751_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/se7751_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/secureedge5410_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/secureedge5410_defconfig
index 360592d63a2f5dcd21d2685e3deb09b125917184..8422599cfb04dc1144dffa5869fd6c6e7789228e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/secureedge5410_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/secureedge5410_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
# CONFIG_SWAP is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sh03_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sh03_defconfig
index 87db9a84b5ecabb9661ca627abf2890c64042d4c..f0073ed3994771c071effbf29365dc144a6c561d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sh03_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sh03_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=m
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sh7710voipgw_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sh7710voipgw_defconfig
index 08426913c0e394a6ea4248113ef610ba73c91f84..0d814770b07fe97bc7fcb0bb30491ba8a1e829fb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sh7710voipgw_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sh7710voipgw_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_FUTEX is not set
# CONFIG_EPOLL is not set
# CONFIG_SHMEM is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sh7757lcr_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sh7757lcr_defconfig
index d0933a9b9799fed0536acf4d716c0cf0dbacfe6e..a2700ab165afb19ac8b61c5c4a9c11e6663a5eca 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sh7757lcr_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sh7757lcr_defconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/sh7763rdp_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/sh7763rdp_defconfig
index d0a0aa74cecfb6ea89311741b8ea437008c27fd9..26c5fd02c87a152db4bb5ad67c3ced60f1038e52 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/sh7763rdp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/sh7763rdp_defconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
CONFIG_UTS_NS=y
CONFIG_IPC_NS=y
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_PROFILING=y
CONFIG_OPROFILE=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig
index a27b129b93c5a91fec727302546861bfaf787dbd..c0b6f40d01cca53c6116d5c4ee892c01ab2abf3e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
# CONFIG_SWAP is not set
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=14
# CONFIG_UID16 is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
# CONFIG_KALLSYMS is not set
# CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set
# CONFIG_BUG is not set
diff --git a/arch/sh/configs/titan_defconfig b/arch/sh/configs/titan_defconfig
index 4ec961ace6887864c740e365ee08fbdf18b8ff50..ba887f1351be626ef3a4199ef410172441dcc374 100644
--- a/arch/sh/configs/titan_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/configs/titan_defconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
-# CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL is not set
CONFIG_SLAB=y
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 96848db9659e92403ac623969285cbfafd6f86d4..ae0a00beea5f2e8f2b8335c634a5f7341323c345 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 46024e80ee864f46109a9a81bd6da3824323be13..4af114e84f2022157afdf7d6dc76c61fa2be4e34 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
249 64 nanosleep sys_nanosleep
250 32 mremap sys_mremap
250 64 mremap sys_64_mremap
-251 common _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+251 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
252 common getsid sys_getsid
253 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
254 32 nfsservctl sys_ni_syscall sys_nis_syscall
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index e31a75262c9cfdb0ba72e06b8bb1e70bce321873..9d11028736661bc5ed583eb7ed5e89c1c3ef2753 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
146 i386 writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 i386 getsid sys_getsid
148 i386 fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 i386 _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 i386 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 i386 mlock sys_mlock
151 i386 munlock sys_munlock
152 i386 mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 9d82078c949aa99926d65400721b696ea103feb8..f30d6ae9a6883c510eb07f821675b460a3fd8754 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
153 common vhangup sys_vhangup
154 common modify_ldt sys_modify_ldt
155 common pivot_root sys_pivot_root
-156 64 _sysctl sys_sysctl
+156 64 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
157 common prctl sys_prctl
158 common arch_prctl sys_arch_prctl
159 common adjtimex sys_adjtimex
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index d216ccba42f7029c81b30a2b0a769e56dc791ec0..6276e3c2d3fc0d82ac59907e43c3895f42f54a74 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
204 common quotactl sys_quotactl
# 205 was old nfsservctl
205 common nfsservctl sys_ni_syscall
-206 common _sysctl sys_sysctl
+206 common _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
207 common bdflush sys_bdflush
208 common uname sys_newuname
209 common sysinfo sys_sysinfo
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index c4255d8a4a8aea0a555aa0ab6f1d30004efcf6b2..d38c4d7e83bd32391dc99df671f88a1bc068cc30 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_select(int n, compat_ulong_t __user *inp,
asmlinkage long compat_sys_ustat(unsigned dev, struct compat_ustat __user *u32);
asmlinkage long compat_sys_recv(int fd, void __user *buf, compat_size_t len,
unsigned flags);
-asmlinkage long compat_sys_sysctl(struct compat_sysctl_args __user *args);
/* obsolete: fs/readdir.c */
asmlinkage long compat_sys_old_readdir(unsigned int fd,
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index dc2b827c81e5421218ad13e037137549f7fd79dd..75ac7f8ae93cdbb932b90b585973e2a634f58eae 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ struct stat64;
struct statfs;
struct statfs64;
struct statx;
-struct __sysctl_args;
struct sysinfo;
struct timespec;
struct __kernel_old_timeval;
@@ -1117,7 +1116,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_send(int, void __user *, size_t, unsigned);
asmlinkage long sys_bdflush(int func, long data);
asmlinkage long sys_oldumount(char __user *name);
asmlinkage long sys_uselib(const char __user *library);
-asmlinkage long sys_sysctl(struct __sysctl_args __user *args);
asmlinkage long sys_sysfs(int option,
unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2);
asmlinkage long sys_fork(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 50bb7f383a1b5dafae9140c90d373ea5d03f8373..51298a4f4623573a6628718193331fb4f31d5469 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -74,15 +74,13 @@ int proc_do_static_key(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
* sysctl names can be mirrored automatically under /proc/sys. The
* procname supplied controls /proc naming.
*
- * The table's mode will be honoured both for sys_sysctl(2) and
- * proc-fs access.
+ * The table's mode will be honoured for proc-fs access.
*
* Leaf nodes in the sysctl tree will be represented by a single file
* under /proc; non-leaf nodes will be represented by directories. A
* null procname disables /proc mirroring at this node.
*
- * sysctl(2) can automatically manage read and write requests through
- * the sysctl table. The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table
+ * The data and maxlen fields of the ctl_table
* struct enable minimal validation of the values being written to be
* performed, and the mode field allows minimal authentication.
*
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index b3da548691c9d5d8a6b8451bbf513d749edf1171..9a20016d4900d12cbdbd400018b50b288b3c92ef 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
obj-y = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o \
cpu.o exit.o softirq.o resource.o \
- sysctl.o sysctl_binary.o capability.o ptrace.o user.o \
+ sysctl.o capability.o ptrace.o user.o \
signal.o sys.o umh.o workqueue.o pid.o task_work.o \
extable.o params.o \
kthread.o sys_ni.o nsproxy.o \
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 3b69a560a7ac567020c714c27b8241fe2dffc8ce..4d59775ea79c1e6c2ecf10a566c8cd06f593a0a3 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ COND_SYSCALL(socketcall);
COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(socketcall);
/* compat syscalls for arm64, x86, ... */
-COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(sysctl);
COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(fanotify_mark);
/* x86 */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d550cc76a3bd3b8f205992ad4fe7fd08af18ded..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include <linux/stat.h>
-#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include "../fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.h"
-#include <linux/sunrpc/debug.h>
-#include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/syscalls.h>
-#include <linux/namei.h>
-#include <linux/mount.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/nsproxy.h>
-#include <linux/pid_namespace.h>
-#include <linux/file.h>
-#include <linux/ctype.h>
-#include <linux/netdevice.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/uuid.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/compat.h>
-
-static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen,
- void __user *oldval, size_t oldlen, void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
- return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
-static void deprecated_sysctl_warning(const int *name, int nlen)
-{
- int i;
-
- /*
- * CTL_KERN/KERN_VERSION is used by older glibc and cannot
- * ever go away.
- */
- if (nlen >= 2 && name[0] == CTL_KERN && name[1] == KERN_VERSION)
- return;
-
- if (printk_ratelimit()) {
- printk(KERN_INFO
- "warning: process `%s' used the deprecated sysctl "
- "system call with ", current->comm);
- for (i = 0; i < nlen; i++)
- printk(KERN_CONT "%d.", name[i]);
- printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
- }
- return;
-}
-
-#define WARN_ONCE_HASH_BITS 8
-#define WARN_ONCE_HASH_SIZE (1<<WARN_ONCE_HASH_BITS)
-
-static DECLARE_BITMAP(warn_once_bitmap, WARN_ONCE_HASH_SIZE);
-
-#define FNV32_OFFSET 2166136261U
-#define FNV32_PRIME 0x01000193
-
-/*
- * Print each legacy sysctl (approximately) only once.
- * To avoid making the tables non-const use a external
- * hash-table instead.
- * Worst case hash collision: 6, but very rarely.
- * NOTE! We don't use the SMP-safe bit tests. We simply
- * don't care enough.
- */
-static void warn_on_bintable(const int *name, int nlen)
-{
- int i;
- u32 hash = FNV32_OFFSET;
-
- for (i = 0; i < nlen; i++)
- hash = (hash ^ name[i]) * FNV32_PRIME;
- hash %= WARN_ONCE_HASH_SIZE;
- if (__test_and_set_bit(hash, warn_once_bitmap))
- return;
- deprecated_sysctl_warning(name, nlen);
-}
-
-static ssize_t do_sysctl(int __user *args_name, int nlen,
- void __user *oldval, size_t oldlen, void __user *newval, size_t newlen)
-{
- int name[CTL_MAXNAME];
- int i;
-
- /* Check args->nlen. */
- if (nlen < 0 || nlen > CTL_MAXNAME)
- return -ENOTDIR;
- /* Read in the sysctl name for simplicity */
- for (i = 0; i < nlen; i++)
- if (get_user(name[i], args_name + i))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- warn_on_bintable(name, nlen);
-
- return binary_sysctl(name, nlen, oldval, oldlen, newval, newlen);
-}
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sysctl, struct __sysctl_args __user *, args)
-{
- struct __sysctl_args tmp;
- size_t oldlen = 0;
- ssize_t result;
-
- if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- if (tmp.oldval && !tmp.oldlenp)
- return -EFAULT;
-
- if (tmp.oldlenp && get_user(oldlen, tmp.oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- result = do_sysctl(tmp.name, tmp.nlen, tmp.oldval, oldlen,
- tmp.newval, tmp.newlen);
-
- if (result >= 0) {
- oldlen = result;
- result = 0;
- }
-
- if (tmp.oldlenp && put_user(oldlen, tmp.oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- return result;
-}
-
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-
-struct compat_sysctl_args {
- compat_uptr_t name;
- int nlen;
- compat_uptr_t oldval;
- compat_uptr_t oldlenp;
- compat_uptr_t newval;
- compat_size_t newlen;
- compat_ulong_t __unused[4];
-};
-
-COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sysctl, struct compat_sysctl_args __user *, args)
-{
- struct compat_sysctl_args tmp;
- compat_size_t __user *compat_oldlenp;
- size_t oldlen = 0;
- ssize_t result;
-
- if (copy_from_user(&tmp, args, sizeof(tmp)))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- if (tmp.oldval && !tmp.oldlenp)
- return -EFAULT;
-
- compat_oldlenp = compat_ptr(tmp.oldlenp);
- if (compat_oldlenp && get_user(oldlen, compat_oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- result = do_sysctl(compat_ptr(tmp.name), tmp.nlen,
- compat_ptr(tmp.oldval), oldlen,
- compat_ptr(tmp.newval), tmp.newlen);
-
- if (result >= 0) {
- oldlen = result;
- result = 0;
- }
-
- if (compat_oldlenp && put_user(oldlen, compat_oldlenp))
- return -EFAULT;
-
- return result;
-}
-
-#endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index b190f2eb2611b3066436e82e7dde7793d1d44c65..3ca6fe057a0b1f52eba54f83a488d1159851ff2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 nospu _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 nospu _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
150 common mlock sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
index 56ae24b6e4be6ec741ba7a9e753126df6d82fa3d..6a0bbea225db0d76da7dfe89143face0eb520276 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
146 common writev sys_writev compat_sys_writev
147 common getsid sys_getsid sys_getsid
148 common fdatasync sys_fdatasync sys_fdatasync
-149 common _sysctl sys_sysctl compat_sys_sysctl
+149 common _sysctl - -
150 common mlock sys_mlock compat_sys_mlock
151 common munlock sys_munlock compat_sys_munlock
152 common mlockall sys_mlockall sys_mlockall
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index 9d82078c949aa99926d65400721b696ea103feb8..f30d6ae9a6883c510eb07f821675b460a3fd8754 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
153 common vhangup sys_vhangup
154 common modify_ldt sys_modify_ldt
155 common pivot_root sys_pivot_root
-156 64 _sysctl sys_sysctl
+156 64 _sysctl sys_ni_syscall
157 common prctl sys_prctl
158 common arch_prctl sys_arch_prctl
159 common adjtimex sys_adjtimex