[PATCH 049/109] fs: add do_pipe2() helper; remove internal call to sys_pipe2()
From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Date: 2018-03-29 11:44:00
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lkml
Subsystem:
filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), the rest · Maintainers:
Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Linus Torvalds
Using this helper removes an in-kernel call to the sys_pipe2() syscall. 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: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> --- fs/pipe.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 7b1954caf388..39d6f431da83 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ int do_pipe_flags(int *fd, int flags) * sys_pipe() is the normal C calling standard for creating * a pipe. It's not the way Unix traditionally does this, though. */ -SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pipe2, int __user *, fildes, int, flags) +static int do_pipe2(int __user *fildes, int flags) { struct file *files[2]; int fd[2];
@@ -863,9 +863,14 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pipe2, int __user *, fildes, int, flags) return error; } +SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pipe2, int __user *, fildes, int, flags) +{ + return do_pipe2(fildes, flags); +} + SYSCALL_DEFINE1(pipe, int __user *, fildes) { - return sys_pipe2(fildes, 0); + return do_pipe2(fildes, 0); } static int wait_for_partner(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int *cnt)
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