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/[email protected]

Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <[email protected]>
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Dominik Brodowski 2018-03-11 11:34:50 +01:00
commit 87c4e19262
6 changed files with 23 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -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);