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authorDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-03-11 11:34:55 +0100
committerDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-04-02 20:16:00 +0200
commit2ca2a09d6215fd9621aa3e2db7cc9428a61f2911 (patch)
treea1999670bbdba36d98ba32fcca130dafcb238fd0 /include
parent411d9475cf901b5a6d2996b46cb5726184a4fa50 (diff)
fs: add ksys_close() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_close()
Using the ksys_close() wrapper allows us to get rid of in-kernel calls to the sys_close() 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_close(), with one subtle difference: The few places which checked the return value did not care about the return value re-writing in sys_close(), so simply use a wrapper around __close_fd(). 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/20180325162527.GA17492@light.dominikbrodowski.net Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syscalls.h12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 41023177c8ec..38805f3447ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -1045,4 +1045,16 @@ static inline long ksys_ftruncate(unsigned int fd, unsigned long length)
return do_sys_ftruncate(fd, length, 1);
}
+extern int __close_fd(struct files_struct *files, unsigned int fd);
+
+/*
+ * In contrast to sys_close(), this stub does not check whether the syscall
+ * should or should not be restarted, but returns the raw error codes from
+ * __close_fd().
+ */
+static inline int ksys_close(unsigned int fd)
+{
+ return __close_fd(current->files, fd);
+}
+
#endif