From 211b634b7f1ebc3436d5e8a34810a8eaa1f269d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dominik Brodowski Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:18:52 +0100 Subject: net: socket: add __sys_sendto() helper; remove in-kernel call to syscall Using the net-internal helper __sys_sendto() allows us to avoid the internal calls to the sys_sendto() syscall. 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: David S. Miller Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski --- include/linux/socket.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include/linux/socket.h') diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h index 40cc93b91628..54b85abc7265 100644 --- a/include/linux/socket.h +++ b/include/linux/socket.h @@ -358,5 +358,8 @@ extern int __sys_sendmmsg(int fd, struct mmsghdr __user *mmsg, extern int __sys_recvfrom(int fd, void __user *ubuf, size_t size, unsigned int flags, struct sockaddr __user *addr, int __user *addr_len); +extern int __sys_sendto(int fd, void __user *buff, size_t len, + unsigned int flags, struct sockaddr __user *addr, + int addr_len); #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */ -- cgit