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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-03 07:22:12 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-03 07:22:12 +0300
commit642e7fd23353e22290e3d51719fcb658dc252342 (patch)
tree93688d5ff15836d8e5b0e097748f7fabb13a303a /fs/hostfs
parent21035965f60b0502fc6537b232839389bb4ce664 (diff)
parentc9a211951c7c79cfb5de888d7d9550872868b086 (diff)
downloadlinux-642e7fd23353e22290e3d51719fcb658dc252342.tar.xz
Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux
Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski: "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel. Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel. At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is better to use use a different calling convention for system calls there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near future. Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific code. This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h" * 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits) bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0 x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm() mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead() mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff() mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64() fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate() fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate() fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid() kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare() ...
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/hostfs')
-rw-r--r--fs/hostfs/hostfs.h2
-rw-r--r--fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
index ffaec2e7526c..cb8374af08a6 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern int set_attr(const char *file, struct hostfs_iattr *attrs, int fd);
extern int make_symlink(const char *from, const char *to);
extern int unlink_file(const char *file);
extern int do_mkdir(const char *file, int mode);
-extern int do_rmdir(const char *file);
+extern int hostfs_do_rmdir(const char *file);
extern int do_mknod(const char *file, int mode, unsigned int major,
unsigned int minor);
extern int link_file(const char *from, const char *to);
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index c148e7f4f451..3cd85eb5bbb1 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static int hostfs_rmdir(struct inode *ino, struct dentry *dentry)
if ((file = dentry_name(dentry)) == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
- err = do_rmdir(file);
+ err = hostfs_do_rmdir(file);
__putname(file);
return err;
}
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
index 9c1e0f019880..5ecc4706172b 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_user.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ int do_mkdir(const char *file, int mode)
return 0;
}
-int do_rmdir(const char *file)
+int hostfs_do_rmdir(const char *file)
{
int err;