From 806cbae1228cc1a19b978c4513f6851e9ab7f388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Brodowski Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:34:47 +0100 Subject: fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_sync_file_range() 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_sync_file_range(). 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 Cc: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- include/linux/syscalls.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h index 4dd685ee425d..331da76f66e2 100644 --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h @@ -963,6 +963,8 @@ ssize_t ksys_read(unsigned int fd, char __user *buf, size_t count); void ksys_sync(void); int ksys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags); int ksys_setsid(void); +int ksys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, + unsigned int flags); /* * The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal -- cgit v1.2.3