fs: add do_mknodat() helper and ksys_mknod() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall

Using the fs-internal do_mknodat() helper allows us to get rid of
fs-internal calls to the sys_mknodat() syscall.

Introducing the ksys_mknod() wrapper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to sys_mknod() 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_mknod().

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>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e15da92209d5..8459a18cdd18 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3728,8 +3728,8 @@ static int may_mknod(umode_t mode)
 	}
 }
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE4(mknodat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, umode_t, mode,
-		unsigned, dev)
+long do_mknodat(int dfd, const char __user *filename, umode_t mode,
+		unsigned int dev)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct path path;
@@ -3772,9 +3772,15 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(mknodat, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename, umode_t, mode,
+		unsigned int, dev)
+{
+	return do_mknodat(dfd, filename, mode, dev);
+}
+
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mknod, const char __user *, filename, umode_t, mode, unsigned, dev)
 {
-	return sys_mknodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode, dev);
+	return do_mknodat(AT_FDCWD, filename, mode, dev);
 }
 
 int vfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)