This patch set introduces new socket operation and new system call:
sys_fbind(), which allows to bind socket to opened file.
File to bind to can be created by sys_mknod(S_IFSOCK) and opened by
open(O_PATH).
This system call is especially required for UNIX sockets, which has name
lenght limitation.
The following series implements...
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Stanislav Kinsbursky (5):
net: cleanup unix_bind() a little
net: split unix_bind()
net: new protocol operation fbind() introduced
net: fbind() for unix sockets protocol operations introduced
syscall: sys_fbind() introduced
arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1
arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1
include/linux/net.h | 2 +
include/linux/syscalls.h | 1
kernel/sys_ni.c | 3 +
net/socket.c | 25 +++++++
net/unix/af_unix.c | 136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
7 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
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