fs: add do_linkat() helper and ksys_link() wrapper; remove in-kernel …

…calls to syscall

Using the fs-internal do_linkat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_linkat() syscall.

Introducing the ksys_link() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to sys_link() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it uses
the same calling convention as sys_link().

In the near future, the only fs-external user of ksys_link() should be
converted to use vfs_link() instead.

This patch is part of a series which removes in-kernel calls to syscalls.
On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined. For details, see
http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <[email protected]>

fs/internal.h

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ long do_rmdir(int dfd, const char __user *pathname);
 long do_unlinkat(int dfd, struct filename *name);
 long do_symlinkat(const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
 		  const char __user *newname);
+int do_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
+	      const char __user *newname, int flags);
 
 /*
  * namespace.c

fs/namei.c

@@ -4250,8 +4250,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_link);
  * with linux 2.0, and to avoid hard-linking to directories
  * and other special files.  --ADM
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
-		int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, int, flags)
+int do_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
+	      const char __user *newname, int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *new_dentry;
 	struct path old_path, new_path;
@@ -4315,9 +4315,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
 	return error;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
+		int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, int, flags)
+{
+	return do_linkat(olddfd, oldname, newdfd, newname, flags);
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(link, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newname)
 {
-	return sys_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
+	return do_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
 }
 
 /**

include/linux/syscalls.h

@@ -997,4 +997,13 @@ static inline long ksys_mknod(const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
 	return do_mknodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode, dev);
 }
 
+extern int do_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
+		     const char __user *newname, int flags);
+
+static inline long ksys_link(const char __user *oldname,
+			     const char __user *newname)
+{
+	return do_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
+}
+
 #endif

init/initramfs.c

@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int __init maybe_link(void)
 	if (nlink >= 2) {
 		char *old = find_link(major, minor, ino, mode, collected);
 		if (old)
-			return (sys_link(old, collected) < 0) ? -1 : 1;
+			return (ksys_link(old, collected) < 0) ? -1 : 1;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }