From 87c4e19262d81862886207be3c8795f6576d5a52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Brodowski Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:34:50 +0100 Subject: 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 Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- fs/internal.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/internal.h') 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); -- cgit v1.2.3