From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752939AbeC2L00 (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:26:26 -0400 Received: from isilmar-4.linta.de ([136.243.71.142]:59050 "EHLO isilmar-4.linta.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752858AbeC2L0U (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:26:20 -0400 From: Dominik Brodowski To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, arnd@arndb.de, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Viro Subject: [PATCH 048/109] fs: add do_readlinkat() helper; remove internal call to sys_readlinkat() Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:23:25 +0200 Message-Id: <20180329112426.23043-49-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.16.3 In-Reply-To: <20180329112426.23043-1-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> References: <20180329112426.23043-1-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Using the do_readlinkat() helper removes an in-kernel call to the sys_readlinkat() syscall. 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: Alexander Viro Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- fs/stat.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/stat.c b/fs/stat.c index 873785dae022..f8e6fb2c3657 100644 --- a/fs/stat.c +++ b/fs/stat.c @@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(newfstat, unsigned int, fd, struct stat __user *, statbuf) return error; } -SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, - char __user *, buf, int, bufsiz) +static int do_readlinkat(int dfd, const char __user *pathname, + char __user *buf, int bufsiz) { struct path path; int error; @@ -415,10 +415,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, return error; } +SYSCALL_DEFINE4(readlinkat, int, dfd, const char __user *, pathname, + char __user *, buf, int, bufsiz) +{ + return do_readlinkat(dfd, pathname, buf, bufsiz); +} + SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readlink, const char __user *, path, char __user *, buf, int, bufsiz) { - return sys_readlinkat(AT_FDCWD, path, buf, bufsiz); + return do_readlinkat(AT_FDCWD, path, buf, bufsiz); } -- 2.16.3