linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 05/35] syscalls: do not call sys

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Date:   Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:55:27 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luto@...nel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 05/35] syscalls: do not call sys_readlinkat() within the kernel

CC: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
---
 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);
 }
 
 
-- 
2.16.2