From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73926C433E0 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 09:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3CAB4206A4 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 09:23:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="DOh2pR1e" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 3CAB4206A4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Cc:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=KJk7XTDwB6we0yENiajQDSIYenaeg3TSYmUjvlR2Pqc=; b=DOh2pR1eOCN938 PtQV8P4UFcWeW3ZSRBQADeQYPNQXXsl2r6f+ndDZXh3Uohly5D+/nPWx/gkk1joKT5Yu+tJxDU0TB HwwKuHxOfPbEKeGc6iJUVU1d2LWu1AOHyVNVLo17XY8MGfK9n2HmKYUGrmzs8rwKhW5jCNaDkFYMY f3P+j5pbEEo9DyzXSNYzD+0S60eDhXsUDw8wR1Ak9tLHuHPZa2Eftm0Rtxoc30Kiw0hCuOP2od6Xj YNPUr7uzMOxR/kOXc7shb+VJLexqlJVn9Guo267Q4YgZY6MGWUWfZeAFX8m/Rb/SsY13PCbVDaWwP 0KvMjxti8mDfgMHxVgnw==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jfgfQ-0003rR-CE; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:23:36 +0000 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.110.172]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jfgfN-0003qz-NR for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:23:35 +0000 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 095D01FB; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:23:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E18B23F305; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 02:23:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 10:23:29 +0100 From: Dave Martin To: Keno Fischer Subject: Re: arm64: Register modification during syscall entry/exit stop Message-ID: <20200601092329.GX5031@arm.com> References: <20200519081551.GA9980@willie-the-truck> <20200520174149.GB27629@willie-the-truck> <20200527095528.GC11111@willie-the-truck> <20200527101929.GT5031@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20200601_022333_803964_6F280660 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 11.38 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Kyle Huey , Catalin Marinas , Oleg Nesterov , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Will Deacon , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:20:51PM -0400, Keno Fischer wrote: > > Can't PTRACE_SYSEMU be emulated by using PTRACE_SYSCALL, cancelling the > > syscall at the syscall enter stop, then modifying the regs at the > > syscall exit stop? > > Yes, it can. The idea behind SYSEMU is to be able to save half the > ptrace traps that would require, in theory making the ptracer > a decent amount faster. That said, the x7 issue is orthogonal to > SYSEMU, you'd have the same issues if you used PTRACE_SYSCALL. Right, I just wondered whether there was some deeper difference between the two approaches. Cheers ---Dave _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel