linux/init
Linus Torvalds 642e7fd233 Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux
Pull removal of in-kernel calls to syscalls from Dominik Brodowski:
 "System calls are interaction points between userspace and the kernel.
  Therefore, system call functions such as sys_xyzzy() or
  compat_sys_xyzzy() should only be called from userspace via the
  syscall table, but not from elsewhere in the kernel.

  At least on 64-bit x86, it will likely be a hard requirement from
  v4.17 onwards to not call system call functions in the kernel: It is
  better to use use a different calling convention for system calls
  there, where struct pt_regs is decoded on-the-fly in a syscall wrapper
  which then hands processing over to the actual syscall function. This
  means that only those parameters which are actually needed for a
  specific syscall are passed on during syscall entry, instead of
  filling in six CPU registers with random user space content all the
  time (which may cause serious trouble down the call chain). Those
  x86-specific patches will be pushed through the x86 tree in the near
  future.

  Moreover, rules on how data may be accessed may differ between kernel
  data and user data. This is another reason why calling sys_xyzzy() is
  generally a bad idea, and -- at most -- acceptable in arch-specific
  code.

  This patchset removes all in-kernel calls to syscall functions in the
  kernel with the exception of arch/. On top of this, it cleans up the
  three places where many syscalls are referenced or prototyped, namely
  kernel/sys_ni.c, include/linux/syscalls.h and include/linux/compat.h"

* 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux: (109 commits)
  bpf: whitelist all syscalls for error injection
  kernel/sys_ni: remove {sys_,sys_compat} from cond_syscall definitions
  kernel/sys_ni: sort cond_syscall() entries
  syscalls/x86: auto-create compat_sys_*() prototypes
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/compat.h
  net: remove compat_sys_*() prototypes from net/compat.h
  syscalls: sort syscall prototypes in include/linux/syscalls.h
  kexec: move sys_kexec_load() prototype to syscalls.h
  x86/sigreturn: use SYSCALL_DEFINE0
  x86: fix sys_sigreturn() return type to be long, not unsigned long
  x86/ioport: add ksys_ioperm() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioperm()
  mm: add ksys_readahead() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_readahead()
  mm: add ksys_mmap_pgoff() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_mmap_pgoff()
  mm: add ksys_fadvise64_64() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_fadvise64_64()
  fs: add ksys_fallocate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_fallocate()
  fs: add ksys_p{read,write}64() helpers; remove in-kernel calls to syscalls
  fs: add ksys_truncate() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_truncate()
  fs: add ksys_sync_file_range helper(); remove in-kernel calls to syscall
  kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid()
  kernel: add ksys_unshare() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_unshare()
  ...
2018-04-02 21:22:12 -07:00
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calibrate.c License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
do_mounts_initrd.c kernel: add ksys_setsid() helper; remove in-kernel call to sys_setsid() 2018-04-02 20:16:06 +02:00
do_mounts_md.c fs: add ksys_ioctl() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_ioctl() 2018-04-02 20:16:03 +02:00
do_mounts_rd.c fs: add ksys_read() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_read() 2018-04-02 20:16:04 +02:00
do_mounts.c fs: add ksys_read() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_read() 2018-04-02 20:16:04 +02:00
do_mounts.h fs: add do_mknodat() helper and ksys_mknod() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall 2018-04-02 20:15:56 +02:00
init_task.c Expand the INIT_SIGNALS and INIT_SIGHAND macros and remove 2018-01-17 11:30:16 +00:00
initramfs.c fs: add ksys_getdents64() helper; remove in-kernel calls to sys_getdents64() 2018-04-02 20:16:02 +02:00
Kconfig treewide: simplify Kconfig dependencies for removed archs 2018-03-26 15:55:57 +02:00
main.c Merge branch 'syscalls-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/brodo/linux 2018-04-02 21:22:12 -07:00
Makefile Construct init thread stack in the linker script rather than by union 2018-01-09 23:21:02 +00:00
noinitramfs.c fs: add do_mknodat() helper and ksys_mknod() wrapper; remove in-kernel calls to syscall 2018-04-02 20:15:56 +02:00
version.c init/version.c: include <linux/export.h> instead of <linux/module.h> 2017-11-17 16:10:02 -08:00