[PATCH v2 14/36] fs: add ksys_mount() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mount()

[Dominik Brodowski]

Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel calls to the sys_mount()
syscall.

Cc: Alexander Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <li...@dominikbrodowski.net>
---
 drivers/base/devtmpfs.c  |  5 +++--
 fs/namespace.c           | 10 ++++++++--
 include/linux/syscalls.h |  3 +++
 init/do_mounts.c         |  4 ++--
 init/do_mounts_initrd.c  |  6 +++---
 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 50025d7959cb..4afb04686c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ int devtmpfs_mount(const char *mntdir)
        if (!thread)
                return 0;
 
-       err = sys_mount("devtmpfs", (char *)mntdir, "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, 
NULL);
+       err = ksys_mount("devtmpfs", (char *)mntdir, "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT,
+                        NULL);
        if (err)
                printk(KERN_INFO "devtmpfs: error mounting %i\n", err);
        else
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ static int devtmpfsd(void *p)
        *err = sys_unshare(CLONE_NEWNS);
        if (*err)
                goto out;
-       *err = sys_mount("devtmpfs", "/", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, options);
+       *err = ksys_mount("devtmpfs", "/", "devtmpfs", MS_SILENT, options);
        if (*err)
                goto out;
        sys_chdir("/.."); /* will traverse into overmounted root */
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 9d1374ab6e06..642b8b229944 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -3032,8 +3032,8 @@ struct dentry *mount_subtree(struct vfsmount *mnt, const 
char *name)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mount_subtree);
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
-               char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
+int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, char __user *type,
+              unsigned long flags, void __user *data)
 {
        int ret;
        char *kernel_type;
@@ -3066,6 +3066,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char 
__user *, dir_name,
        return ret;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mount, char __user *, dev_name, char __user *, dir_name,
+               char __user *, type, unsigned long, flags, void __user *, data)
+{
+       return ksys_mount(dev_name, dir_name, type, flags, data);
+}
+
 /*
  * Return true if path is reachable from root
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index a63e21e7a3af..69899ffa03e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -948,4 +948,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_statx(int dfd, const char __user *path, 
unsigned flags,
  * the ksys_xyzyyz() functions prototyped below.
  */
 
+int ksys_mount(char __user *dev_name, char __user *dir_name, char __user *type,
+              unsigned long flags, void __user *data);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 7cf4f6dafd5f..eb768de43d84 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static void __init get_fs_names(char *page)
 static int __init do_mount_root(char *name, char *fs, int flags, void *data)
 {
        struct super_block *s;
-       int err = sys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
+       int err = ksys_mount(name, "/root", fs, flags, data);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ void __init prepare_namespace(void)
        mount_root();
 out:
        devtmpfs_mount("dev");
-       sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+       ksys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
        sys_chroot(".");
 }
 
diff --git a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
index 53d4f0f326e7..7868a6039fb4 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_initrd.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int init_linuxrc(struct subprocess_info *info, struct 
cred *new)
        sys_dup(0);
        /* move initrd over / and chdir/chroot in initrd root */
        sys_chdir("/root");
-       sys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+       ksys_mount(".", "/", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
        sys_chroot(".");
        sys_setsid();
        return 0;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
        current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZER_SKIP;
 
        /* move initrd to rootfs' /old */
-       sys_mount("..", ".", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+       ksys_mount("..", ".", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
        /* switch root and cwd back to / of rootfs */
        sys_chroot("..");
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void __init handle_initrd(void)
        mount_root();
 
        printk(KERN_NOTICE "Trying to move old root to /initrd ... ");
-       error = sys_mount("/old", "/root/initrd", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
+       error = ksys_mount("/old", "/root/initrd", NULL, MS_MOVE, NULL);
        if (!error)
                printk("okay\n");
        else {
-- 
2.16.2