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mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
authorDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:34:45 +0000 (11:34 +0100)
committerDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Mon, 2 Apr 2018 18:16:10 +0000 (20:16 +0200)
commit9d5b7c956b09daab955fb2a42447d5d89ff15093
treef2644590e0952ce528fab32226f96557ad91b459
parentedf292c76b884a499cc60ad5cdada2663cc39a2f
mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()

Using the ksys_fadvise64_64() helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel
calls to the sys_fadvise64_64() 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 ksys_fadvise64_64().

Some compat stubs called sys_fadvise64(), which then just passed through
the arguments to sys_fadvise64_64(). Get rid of this indirection, and call
ksys_fadvise64_64() directly.

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: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
12 files changed:
arch/arm/kernel/sys_arm.c
arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
arch/parisc/kernel/sys_parisc.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
arch/sh/kernel/sys_sh32.c
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc32.c
arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c
include/linux/syscalls.h
mm/fadvise.c