[RFC PATCH 07/35] syscalls: do not call sys_renameat2() within the kernel

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Sun Mar 11 2018 - 06:57:04 EST


CC: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 921ae32dbc80..524e829ffc7d 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -4478,8 +4478,8 @@ int vfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_rename);

-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(renameat2, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
- int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, unsigned int, flags)
+static int do_renameat2(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname, int newdfd,
+ const char __user *newname, unsigned int flags)
{
struct dentry *old_dentry, *new_dentry;
struct dentry *trap;
@@ -4621,15 +4621,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(renameat2, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
return error;
}

+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(renameat2, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
+ int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname, unsigned int, flags)
+{
+ return do_renameat2(olddfd, oldname, newdfd, newname, flags);
+}
+
SYSCALL_DEFINE4(renameat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
int, newdfd, const char __user *, newname)
{
- return sys_renameat2(olddfd, oldname, newdfd, newname, 0);
+ return do_renameat2(olddfd, oldname, newdfd, newname, 0);
}

SYSCALL_DEFINE2(rename, const char __user *, oldname, const char __user *, newname)
{
- return sys_renameat2(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
+ return do_renameat2(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
}

int vfs_whiteout(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
--
2.16.2