[PATCH 013/109] net: socket: add __sys_connect() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall
From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Date: 2018-03-29 11:26:08
Also in:
linux-arch, lkml
Subsystem:
networking [general], networking [sockets], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Willem de Bruijn, Linus Torvalds
Using the net-internal helper __sys_connect() allows us to avoid the internal calls to the sys_connect() 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: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> --- include/linux/socket.h | 2 ++ net/compat.c | 2 +- net/socket.c | 11 ++++++++--- 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index e9cee272da13..7daa344d7320 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h@@ -365,5 +365,7 @@ extern int __sys_accept4(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr, int __user *upeer_addrlen, int flags); extern int __sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol); extern int __sys_bind(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *umyaddr, int addrlen); +extern int __sys_connect(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *uservaddr, + int addrlen); #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index bba555b1d863..7ab6352268f3 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, u32 __user *, args) ret = __sys_bind(a0, compat_ptr(a1), a[2]); break; case SYS_CONNECT: - ret = sys_connect(a0, compat_ptr(a1), a[2]); + ret = __sys_connect(a0, compat_ptr(a1), a[2]); break; case SYS_LISTEN: ret = sys_listen(a0, a1);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 291cdae97341..64bdfdf6c6e7 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c@@ -1633,8 +1633,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(accept, int, fd, struct sockaddr __user *, upeer_sockaddr, * include the -EINPROGRESS status for such sockets. */ -SYSCALL_DEFINE3(connect, int, fd, struct sockaddr __user *, uservaddr, - int, addrlen) +int __sys_connect(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *uservaddr, int addrlen) { struct socket *sock; struct sockaddr_storage address;
@@ -1660,6 +1659,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(connect, int, fd, struct sockaddr __user *, uservaddr, return err; } +SYSCALL_DEFINE3(connect, int, fd, struct sockaddr __user *, uservaddr, + int, addrlen) +{ + return __sys_connect(fd, uservaddr, addrlen); +} + /* * Get the local address ('name') of a socket object. Move the obtained * name to user space.
@@ -2479,7 +2484,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args) err = __sys_bind(a0, (struct sockaddr __user *)a1, a[2]); break; case SYS_CONNECT: - err = sys_connect(a0, (struct sockaddr __user *)a1, a[2]); + err = __sys_connect(a0, (struct sockaddr __user *)a1, a[2]); break; case SYS_LISTEN: err = sys_listen(a0, a1);
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