linux-kernel - [PATCH -next 10/22] net: socket: add __sys_socketpair() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall

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Message-Id: <20180316170614.5392-11-linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:06:02 +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 10/22] net: socket: add __sys_socketpair() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall

Using the net-internal helper __sys_socketpair() allows us to avoid the
internal calls to the sys_socketpair() 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 |  2 ++
 net/compat.c           |  2 +-
 net/socket.c           | 11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 9ba003e92fea..dbdddf0d079e 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -372,5 +372,7 @@ extern int __sys_getsockname(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *usockaddr,
 			     int __user *usockaddr_len);
 extern int __sys_getpeername(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *usockaddr,
 			     int __user *usockaddr_len);
+extern int __sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol,
+			    int __user *usockvec);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 74017f618eb1..04db26316438 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, u32 __user *, args)
 		ret = __sys_getpeername(a0, compat_ptr(a1), compat_ptr(a[2]));
 		break;
 	case SYS_SOCKETPAIR:
-		ret = sys_socketpair(a0, a1, a[2], compat_ptr(a[3]));
+		ret = __sys_socketpair(a0, a1, a[2], compat_ptr(a[3]));
 		break;
 	case SYS_SEND:
 		ret = sys_send(a0, compat_ptr(a1), a[2], a[3]);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 007fb9483279..5861821f46f5 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1368,8 +1368,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(socket, int, family, int, type, int, protocol)
  *	Create a pair of connected sockets.
  */
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE4(socketpair, int, family, int, type, int, protocol,
-		int __user *, usockvec)
+int __sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol, int __user *usockvec)
 {
 	struct socket *sock1, *sock2;
 	int fd1, fd2, err;
@@ -1454,6 +1453,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(socketpair, int, family, int, type, int, protocol,
 	return err;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(socketpair, int, family, int, type, int, protocol,
+		int __user *, usockvec)
+{
+	return __sys_socketpair(family, type, protocol, usockvec);
+}
+
 /*
  *	Bind a name to a socket. Nothing much to do here since it's
  *	the protocol's responsibility to handle the local address.
@@ -2521,7 +2526,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args)
 				      (int __user *)a[2]);
 		break;
 	case SYS_SOCKETPAIR:
-		err = sys_socketpair(a0, a1, a[2], (int __user *)a[3]);
+		err = __sys_socketpair(a0, a1, a[2], (int __user *)a[3]);
 		break;
 	case SYS_SEND:
 		err = sys_send(a0, (void __user *)a1, a[2], a[3]);
-- 
2.16.2