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| author | Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> | 2018-03-11 11:34:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> | 2018-04-02 20:15:55 +0200 |
| commit | b724e846b491ef8db943be8086226c9d8da31877 (patch) | |
| tree | c82f7920140d95ee99622b5201db91081f764f3f /fs/internal.h | |
| parent | 0101db7a301981a008296d522d8c1f456b0fe837 (diff) | |
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fs: add do_symlinkat() helper and ksys_symlink() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall
Using the fs-internal do_symlinkat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_symlinkat() syscall.
Introducing the ksys_symlink() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_symlink() 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_symlink().
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/internal.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/internal.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h index 53846bd4d9d7..a3f04ca2a08b 100644 --- a/fs/internal.h +++ b/fs/internal.h @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ extern int vfs_path_lookup(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *, 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); +long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd, + const char __user *newname); /* * namespace.c |