On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 01:52:40AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I really don't like this, as this is the wrong level of abstraction.
>
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
> > index 79b7a3438d54..5a9cfde5fc28 100644
> > --- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
> > +++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
> > @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(s390_write, unsigned int, fd, const char __user *, buf, c
> > if ((compat_ssize_t) count < 0)
> > return -EINVAL;
> >
> > - return sys_write(fd, buf, count);
> > + return ksys_write(fd, buf, count);
> > }
>
> This looks bogus to me. Why does s390 have its own compat version of
> write but not any of the other read and write familty calls?
>
> > diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
> > index 99e0b649fc0e..2d365c398ccc 100644
> > --- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
> > +++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
> > @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ int __init rd_load_image(char *from)
> > printk("Loading disk #%d... ", disk);
> > }
> > sys_read(in_fd, buf, BLOCK_SIZE);
> > - sys_write(out_fd, buf, BLOCK_SIZE);
> > + ksys_write(out_fd, buf, BLOCK_SIZE);
> > #if !defined(CONFIG_S390)
> > if (!(i % 16)) {
> > pr_cont("%c\b", rotator[rotate & 0x3]);
>
> All the do_mounts / initramfs code should be rewritten to use filp_open
> and vfs_read/vfs_write instead of adding hacks like this.
In line with the other patches, I have added the following paragraph to the
commit message:
In the near future, the do_mounts / initramfs callers of ksys_write()
should be converted to use filp_open() and vfs_write() instead.
Thanks,
Dominik
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