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 --- include/linux/syscalls.h | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index 39c5cef86a10..0b4fd684f0f1 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -988,4 +988,13 @@ static inline long ksys_symlink(const char __user *oldname, return do_symlinkat(oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname); } +extern long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode, + unsigned int dev); + +static inline long ksys_mknod(const char __user *filename, umode_t mode, + unsigned int dev) +{ + return do_mknodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode, dev); +} + #endif -- cgit