From 46ea89eb652a365e10257016d09dcf1aaf23cf63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Brodowski Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:34:53 +0100 Subject: fs: add do_linkat() helper and ksys_link() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall Using the fs-internal do_linkat() helper allows us to get rid of fs-internal calls to the sys_linkat() syscall. Introducing the ksys_link() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to sys_link() 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_link(). In the near future, the only fs-external user of ksys_link() should be converted to use vfs_link() instead. 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 Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- fs/namei.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/namei.c') diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 8459a18cdd18..10148235829f 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -4250,8 +4250,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_link); * with linux 2.0, and to avoid hard-linking to directories * and other special files. --ADM */ -SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, - int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, int, flags) +int do_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd, + const char __user *newname, int flags) { struct dentry *new_dentry; struct path old_path, new_path; @@ -4315,9 +4315,15 @@ out: return error; } +SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname, + int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, int, flags) +{ + return do_linkat(olddfd, oldname, newdfd, newname, flags); +} + SYSCALL_DEFINE2(link, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newname) { - return sys_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0); + return do_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0); } /** -- cgit v1.2.3