fs: add ksys_unlink() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unlink()
Using this wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the
sys_unlink() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function is meant
s a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses the same
calling convention as sys_unlink().
In the near future, all callers of ksys_unlink() should be converted to
call do_unlinkat() directly or, at least, to operate on regular kernel
pointers.
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>
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 090645b4..7cbfb41 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -954,4 +954,15 @@ int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
int ksys_chdir(const char __user *filename);
+/*
+ * The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal
+ * functions. Therefore, provide stubs to be inlined at the callsites.
+ */
+extern long do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);
+
+static inline long ksys_unlink(const char __user *pathname)
+{
+ return do_unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, getname(pathname));
+}
+
#endif
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.h b/init/do_mounts.h
index 5b05c8f..401f90e 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.h
+++ b/init/do_mounts.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern int root_mountflags;
static inline int create_dev(char *name, dev_t dev)
{
- sys_unlink(name);
+ ksys_unlink(name);
return sys_mknod(name, S_IFBLK|0600, new_encode_dev(dev));
}
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 83f396d..e9e9e1c 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ bool __init initrd_load(void)
* mounted in the normal path.
*/
if (rd_load_image("/initrd.image") && ROOT_DEV != Root_RAM0) {
- sys_unlink("/initrd.image");
+ ksys_unlink("/initrd.image");
handle_initrd();
return true;
}
}
- sys_unlink("/initrd.image");
+ ksys_unlink("/initrd.image");
return false;
}
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 2d365c3..5b69056 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int __init rd_load_image(char *from)
sys_close(out_fd);
out:
kfree(buf);
- sys_unlink("/dev/ram");
+ ksys_unlink("/dev/ram");
return res;
}
diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 6f972df..08eb551 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static void __init clean_path(char *path, umode_t fmode)
if (S_ISDIR(st.mode))
sys_rmdir(path);
else
- sys_unlink(path);
+ ksys_unlink(path);
}
}
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
if (S_ISDIR(st.mode))
sys_rmdir(dirp->d_name);
else
- sys_unlink(dirp->d_name);
+ ksys_unlink(dirp->d_name);
}
num -= dirp->d_reclen;