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authorDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-03-11 11:34:46 +0100
committerDominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>2018-04-02 20:15:51 +0200
commit447016e9681965fda8dcd9e4fd3c55308a6fd166 (patch)
tree02db8c01fa405f0f16ba09bbee415cdf15e30b14 /init/do_mounts.c
parente7a3e8b2edf544ec28f689385c3adc2903f46ec0 (diff)
downloadlinux-447016e9681965fda8dcd9e4fd3c55308a6fd166.tar.gz
fs: add ksys_chdir() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_chdir()
Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_chdir()
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_chdir().

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>
Diffstat (limited to 'init/do_mounts.c')
-rw-r--r--init/do_mounts.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 2f06f7827b0c..89f18985fa90 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	sys_chdir("/root");
+	ksys_chdir("/root");
 	s = current->fs->pwd.dentry->d_sb;
 	ROOT_DEV = s->s_dev;
 	printk(KERN_INFO