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 <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 602ae94bb67e..9908a114d506 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fdatasync, unsigned int, fd)
  * already-instantiated disk blocks, there are no guarantees here that the data
  * will be available after a crash.
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sync_file_range, int, fd, loff_t, offset, loff_t, nbytes,
-				unsigned int, flags)
+int ksys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
+			 unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct fd f;
@@ -364,10 +364,16 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sync_file_range, int, fd, loff_t, offset, loff_t, nbytes,
+				unsigned int, flags)
+{
+	return ksys_sync_file_range(fd, offset, nbytes, flags);
+}
+
 /* It would be nice if people remember that not all the world's an i386
    when they introduce new system calls */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(sync_file_range2, int, fd, unsigned int, flags,
 				 loff_t, offset, loff_t, nbytes)
 {
-	return sys_sync_file_range(fd, offset, nbytes, flags);
+	return ksys_sync_file_range(fd, offset, nbytes, flags);
 }