linux-kernel - [PATCH -next 12/22] net: socket: add __sys_setsockopt() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall

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Message-Id: <20180316170614.5392-13-linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:06:04 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -next 12/22] net: socket: add __sys_setsockopt() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall

Using the net-internal helper __sys_setsockopt() allows us to avoid the
internal calls to the sys_setsockopt() syscall.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
---
 include/linux/socket.h |  1 +
 net/socket.c           | 13 ++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index b205138b69f1..cad120e4ed4b 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -376,4 +376,5 @@ extern int __sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol,
 			    int __user *usockvec);
 extern int __sys_shutdown(int fd, int how);
 
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index ad5dfd6a1d59..5dd2e39a6cd4 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1878,8 +1878,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(recv, int, fd, void __user *, ubuf, size_t, size,
  *	to pass the user mode parameter for the protocols to sort out.
  */
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(setsockopt, int, fd, int, level, int, optname,
-		char __user *, optval, int, optlen)
+static int __sys_setsockopt(int fd, int level, int optname,
+			    char __user *optval, int optlen)
 {
 	int err, fput_needed;
 	struct socket *sock;
@@ -1907,6 +1907,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(setsockopt, int, fd, int, level, int, optname,
 	return err;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(setsockopt, int, fd, int, level, int, optname,
+		char __user *, optval, int, optlen)
+{
+	return __sys_setsockopt(fd, level, optname, optval, optlen);
+}
+
 /*
  *	Get a socket option. Because we don't know the option lengths we have
  *	to pass a user mode parameter for the protocols to sort out.
@@ -2552,7 +2558,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args)
 		err = __sys_shutdown(a0, a1);
 		break;
 	case SYS_SETSOCKOPT:
-		err = sys_setsockopt(a0, a1, a[2], (char __user *)a[3], a[4]);
+		err = __sys_setsockopt(a0, a1, a[2], (char __user *)a[3],
+				       a[4]);
 		break;
 	case SYS_GETSOCKOPT:
 		err =
-- 
2.16.2