linux-kernel - [PATCH] vfs: inline getname()

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Message-ID: <20250206000105.432528-1-mjguzik@gmail.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Feb 2025 01:01:05 +0100
From: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
To: brauner@...nel.org
Cc: viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	jack@...e.cz,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] vfs: inline getname()

It is merely a trivial wrapper around getname_flags which adds a zeroed
argument, no point paying for an extra call.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
---
 fs/namei.c         | 5 -----
 include/linux/fs.h | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 3ab9440c5b93..3a4039acdb3f 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -218,11 +218,6 @@ struct filename *getname_uflags(const char __user *filename, int uflags)
 	return getname_flags(filename, flags);
 }
 
-struct filename *getname(const char __user * filename)
-{
-	return getname_flags(filename, 0);
-}
-
 struct filename *__getname_maybe_null(const char __user *pathname)
 {
 	struct filename *name;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e73d9b998780..85d88dd5ab6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2840,7 +2840,10 @@ extern int filp_close(struct file *, fl_owner_t id);
 
 extern struct filename *getname_flags(const char __user *, int);
 extern struct filename *getname_uflags(const char __user *, int);
-extern struct filename *getname(const char __user *);
+static inline struct filename *getname(const char __user *name)
+{
+	return getname_flags(name, 0);
+}
 extern struct filename *getname_kernel(const char *);
 extern struct filename *__getname_maybe_null(const char __user *);
 static inline struct filename *getname_maybe_null(const char __user *name, int flags)
-- 
2.43.0