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authorDominik Brodowski2018-03-11 11:34:41 +0100
committerDominik Brodowski2018-04-02 20:15:51 +0200
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parentfs: add ksys_chroot() helper; remove-in kernel calls to sys_chroot() (diff)
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fs: add ksys_write() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_write()
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_write() 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_write(). In the near future, the do_mounts / initramfs callers of ksys_write() should be converted to use filp_open() and vfs_write() instead. 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 <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/syscalls.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 920a0db1871d..80524faa9664 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -951,5 +951,6 @@ int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, char __user *type,
int ksys_umount(char __user *name, int flags);
int ksys_dup(unsigned int fildes);
int ksys_chroot(const char __user *filename);
+ssize_t ksys_write(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf, size_t count);
#endif