From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, arnd@arndb.de,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/45] fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:00:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180322090059.19361-11-linux@dominikbrodowski.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180322090059.19361-1-linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Using the ksys_p{read,write}64() wrappers allows us to get rid of
in-kernel calls to the sys_pread64() and sys_pwrite64() syscalls.
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_p{read,write}64().
This patch is part of a series which tries to remove in-kernel calls to
syscalls. On this basis, the syscall entry path can be streamlined.
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
---
arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c | 4 ++--
arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c | 4 ++--
arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c | 4 ++--
arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c | 4 ++--
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c | 8 ++++----
fs/read_write.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
include/linux/syscalls.h | 4 ++++
9 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 12421ba4318a..944f0ff8e00b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(32_llseek, unsigned int, fd, unsigned int, offset_high,
SYSCALL_DEFINE6(32_pread, unsigned long, fd, char __user *, buf, size_t, count,
unsigned long, unused, unsigned long, a4, unsigned long, a5)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, buf, count, merge_64(a4, a5));
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, buf, count, merge_64(a4, a5));
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE6(32_pwrite, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
size_t, count, u32, unused, u64, a4, u64, a5)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, merge_64(a4, a5));
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, merge_64(a4, a5));
}
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_personality, unsigned long, personality)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
index 3c1d788ab3ed..21179358926c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ asmlinkage long parisc_ftruncate64(unsigned int fd,
asmlinkage ssize_t parisc_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count,
unsigned int high, unsigned int low)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, buf, count, (loff_t)high << 32 | low);
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, buf, count, (loff_t)high << 32 | low);
}
asmlinkage ssize_t parisc_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, unsigned int high, unsigned int low)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, (loff_t)high << 32 | low);
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, (loff_t)high << 32 | low);
}
asmlinkage ssize_t parisc_readahead(int fd, unsigned int high, unsigned int low,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index eb79138bd44d..bad1f3e891a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ unsigned long compat_sys_mmap2(unsigned long addr, size_t len,
compat_ssize_t compat_sys_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *ubuf, compat_size_t count,
u32 reg6, u32 poshi, u32 poslo)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);
}
compat_ssize_t compat_sys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *ubuf, compat_size_t count,
u32 reg6, u32 poshi, u32 poslo)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, ((loff_t)poshi << 32) | poslo);
}
compat_ssize_t compat_sys_readahead(int fd, u32 r4, u32 offhi, u32 offlo, u32 count)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
index 0788df0443ba..a3b5adbd683f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(s390_pread64, unsigned int, fd, char __user *, ubuf,
{
if ((compat_ssize_t) count < 0)
return -EINVAL;
- return sys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, (unsigned long)high << 32 | low);
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, (unsigned long)high << 32 | low);
}
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(s390_pwrite64, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, ubuf,
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(s390_pwrite64, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, ubu
{
if ((compat_ssize_t) count < 0)
return -EINVAL;
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, (unsigned long)high << 32 | low);
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, (unsigned long)high << 32 | low);
}
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(s390_readahead, int, fd, u32, high, u32, low, s32, count)
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
index 4d55318e0899..9dca568509a5 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ asmlinkage int sys_sh_pipe(void)
asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pread_wrapper(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf,
size_t count, long dummy, loff_t pos)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, buf, count, pos);
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, buf, count, pos);
}
asmlinkage ssize_t sys_pwrite_wrapper(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf,
size_t count, long dummy, loff_t pos)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, pos);
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, pos);
}
asmlinkage int sys_fadvise64_64_wrapper(int fd, u32 offset0, u32 offset1,
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
index 4ceb2e591688..dc8c3f0fe3e8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ asmlinkage compat_ssize_t sys32_pread64(unsigned int fd,
unsigned long poshi,
unsigned long poslo)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, (poshi << 32) | poslo);
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count, (poshi << 32) | poslo);
}
asmlinkage compat_ssize_t sys32_pwrite64(unsigned int fd,
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ asmlinkage compat_ssize_t sys32_pwrite64(unsigned int fd,
unsigned long poshi,
unsigned long poslo)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, (poshi << 32) | poslo);
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count, (poshi << 32) | poslo);
}
asmlinkage long compat_sys_readahead(int fd,
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index 91ed2c256dac..9d09812a40b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -179,15 +179,15 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(x86_waitpid, compat_pid_t, pid, unsigned int __user *,
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(x86_pread, unsigned int, fd, char __user *, ubuf,
u32, count, u32, poslo, u32, poshi)
{
- return sys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count,
- ((loff_t)AA(poshi) << 32) | AA(poslo));
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, ubuf, count,
+ ((loff_t)AA(poshi) << 32) | AA(poslo));
}
COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE5(x86_pwrite, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, ubuf,
u32, count, u32, poslo, u32, poshi)
{
- return sys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count,
- ((loff_t)AA(poshi) << 32) | AA(poslo));
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, ubuf, count,
+ ((loff_t)AA(poshi) << 32) | AA(poslo));
}
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index fc441e1ac683..c4eabbfc90df 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(write, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
return ksys_write(fd, buf, count);
}
-SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pread64, unsigned int, fd, char __user *, buf,
- size_t, count, loff_t, pos)
+ssize_t ksys_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count,
+ loff_t pos)
{
struct fd f;
ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -630,8 +630,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pread64, unsigned int, fd, char __user *, buf,
return ret;
}
-SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pwrite64, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
- size_t, count, loff_t, pos)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pread64, unsigned int, fd, char __user *, buf,
+ size_t, count, loff_t, pos)
+{
+ return ksys_pread64(fd, buf, count, pos);
+}
+
+ssize_t ksys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t pos)
{
struct fd f;
ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
@@ -650,6 +656,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pwrite64, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
return ret;
}
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(pwrite64, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf,
+ size_t, count, loff_t, pos)
+{
+ return ksys_pwrite64(fd, buf, count, pos);
+}
+
static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
loff_t *ppos, int type, rwf_t flags)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 535cc3cf516a..73a55d8982b6 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -978,6 +978,10 @@ int ksys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
off_t ksys_lseek(unsigned int fd, off_t offset, unsigned int whence);
ssize_t ksys_read(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count);
void ksys_sync(void);
+ssize_t ksys_pread64(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count,
+ loff_t pos);
+ssize_t ksys_pwrite64(unsigned int fd, const char __user *buf,
+ size_t count, loff_t pos);
/*
* The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal
--
2.16.2
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2018-03-22 9:00 [PATCH 00/45] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 3 == remainder outside arch/) Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 01/45] fs: add ksys_getdents64() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_getdents64() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 02/45] fs: add ksys_ioctl() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioctl() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 03/45] fs: add ksys_lseek() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_lseek() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 04/45] fs: add ksys_read() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_read() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 05/45] fs: add ksys_sync() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_sync() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 06/45] fs: add do_lookup_dcookie() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 07/45] fs: add do_vmsplice() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 08/45] fs: add kern_select() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_select() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 09/45] fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski [this message]
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 10/45] fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 11/45] fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 12/45] fs: add do_compat_fcntl64() helper; remove in-kernel call to comapt syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 13/45] fs: add do_compat_select() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 14/45] fs: add do_compat_signalfd4() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 15/45] fs: add do_compat_futimesat() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 16/45] inotify: add do_inotify_init() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-26 12:25 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-26 12:25 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 17/45] fanotify: add do_fanotify_mark() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-26 12:25 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-26 12:25 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 18/45] fs/quota: add kernel_quotactl() " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-26 12:26 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-26 12:26 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 19/45] fs/quota: use COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE for sys32_quotactl() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-26 12:33 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-26 12:33 ` Jan Kara
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 20/45] kernel: add do_compat_sigaltstack() helper; remove in-kernel call to compat syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 21/45] kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 22/45] kernel: provide ksys_*() wrappers for syscalls called by kernel/uid16.c Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 10:21 ` Any chance that kernel/uid6.c can go? [Was: [PATCH 22/45] kernel: provide ksys_*() wrappers for syscalls called by kernel/uid16.c] Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 10:21 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 17:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-22 17:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 23/45] sched: add do_sched_yield() helper; remove in-kernel call to sched_yield() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 17:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-22 17:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-03-22 17:41 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 17:41 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-22 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 24/45] kexec: call do_kexec_load() in compat syscall directly Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 25/45] mm: add kernel_migrate_pages() helper, move compat syscall to mm/mempolicy.c Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 26/45] mm: add kernel_move_pages() helper, move compat syscall to mm/migrate.c Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 27/45] mm: add kernel_mbind() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 28/45] mm: add kernel_[sg]et_mempolicy() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 29/45] mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 30/45] ipc: add semtimedop syscall/compat_syscall wrappers Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 31/45] ipc: add semget syscall wrapper Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 32/45] ipc: add semctl syscall/compat_syscall wrappers Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 33/45] ipc: add msgget syscall wrapper Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 34/45] ipc: add shmget " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 35/45] ipc: add shmdt " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 36/45] ipc: add shmctl syscall/compat_syscall wrappers Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 37/45] ipc: add msgctl " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 38/45] ipc: add msgrcv " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 39/45] ipc: add msgsnd " Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 40/45] x86: use _do_fork() in compat_sys_x86_clone() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 41/45] x86: remove compat_sys_x86_waitpid() Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 42/45] x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 43/45] x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0 Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:27 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 44/45] kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` [PATCH 45/45] bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 9:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-03-22 20:29 ` [PATCH 00/45] remove in-kernel syscall invocations (part 3 == remainder outside arch/) Linus Torvalds
2018-03-22 20:29 ` Linus Torvalds
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