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authorDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-03-11 11:34:50 +0100
committerDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-04-02 20:15:56 +0200
commit87c4e19262d81862886207be3c8795f6576d5a52 (patch)
tree29593184be7a8e70b091108ec8299b4436462f23 /fs/internal.h
parentb724e846b491ef8db943be8086226c9d8da31877 (diff)
downloadlinux-87c4e19262d81862886207be3c8795f6576d5a52.tar.bz2
fs: add do_mknodat() helper and ksys_mknod() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall
Using the fs-internal do_mknodat() helper allows us to get rid of fs-internal calls to the sys_mknodat() syscall. Introducing the ksys_mknod() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to sys_mknod() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same calling convention as sys_mknod(). This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls. On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
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diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index a3f04ca2a08b..4f0b67054c54 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ extern void __init chrdev_init(void);
extern int user_path_mountpoint_at(int, const char __user *, unsigned int, struct path *);
extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
const char *, unsigned int, struct path *);
+long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
+ unsigned int dev);
long do_mkdirat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, umode_t mode);
long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char __user *pathname);
long do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);