linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] remove ksys

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:07:50 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] remove ksys_dup()

Instead of pretending to be userspace, the opening of
/dev/console as stdin/stdout/stderr can be implemented
using in-kernel functions.

---

@viro: is this something for you to take and push upstream
for the next cycle?

The same changes (on top of commit ae4b064e2a616b545acf02b8f50cc513b32c7522:

  Merge tag 'afs-fixes-20191211' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs (2019-12-11 18:10:40 -0800)

are also available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux.git remove-ksys-dup

including all changes up to d7aacb7ad766adea665b440b56e9c9152b1065f7:

  fs: remove ksys_dup() (2019-12-12 14:59:48 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Dominik Brodowski (2):
      init: unify opening /dev/console as stdin/stdout/stderr
      fs: remove ksys_dup()

 fs/file.c                |  7 +------
 include/linux/initrd.h   |  2 ++
 include/linux/syscalls.h |  1 -
 init/do_mounts_initrd.c  |  5 +----
 init/main.c              | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Thanks,
	Dominik

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