linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 32/35] syscalls: do not call sys

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Date:   Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:55:54 +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 32/35] syscalls: do not call sys_{f,}access{,at}() within the kernel

CC: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
---
 fs/internal.h            | 1 +
 fs/open.c                | 9 +++++++--
 include/linux/syscalls.h | 6 ++++++
 init/main.c              | 3 ++-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 2474bf460f96..26f4f05b52ef 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ extern struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, struct filename *pathname,
 extern struct file *do_file_open_root(struct dentry *, struct vfsmount *,
 		const char *, const struct open_flags *);
 
+long do_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode);
 int do_fchmodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode);
 
 extern int open_check_o_direct(struct file *f);
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 6037f2bf418c..0fc8188be31a 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(fallocate, int, fd, int, mode, loff_t, offset, loff_t, len)
  * We do this by temporarily clearing all FS-related capabilities and
  * switching the fsuid/fsgid around to the real ones.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(faccessat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
+long do_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode)
 {
 	const struct cred *old_cred;
 	struct cred *override_cred;
@@ -426,9 +426,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(faccessat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
 	return res;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(faccessat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
+{
+	return do_faccessat(dfd, filename, mode);
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(access, const char __user *, filename, int, mode)
 {
-	return sys_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
+	return do_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
 }
 
 int ksys_chdir(const char __user *filename)
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 87feef73c077..ac4ba9439e52 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1016,4 +1016,10 @@ static inline int ksys_chmod(const char __user *filename, umode_t mode)
 	return do_fchmodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
 }
 
+extern long do_faccessat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, int mode);
+static inline long ksys_access(const char __user *filename, int mode)
+{
+	return do_faccessat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index b8649d1466e1..d0ded4322c6b 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,8 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_freeable(void)
 	if (!ramdisk_execute_command)
 		ramdisk_execute_command = "/init";
 
-	if (sys_access((const char __user *) ramdisk_execute_command, 0) != 0) {
+	if (ksys_access((const char __user *)
+			ramdisk_execute_command, 0) != 0) {
 		ramdisk_execute_command = NULL;
 		prepare_namespace();
 	}
-- 
2.16.2