From: "Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@gmail.com>
To: "Rohan McLure" <rmclure@linux.ibm.com>, <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/23] powerpc: Adopt SYSCALL_DEFINE for arch-specific syscall handlers
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:24:16 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CN0U48R2941A.35BVLALLFNHID@bobo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220916053300.786330-16-rmclure@linux.ibm.com>
On Fri Sep 16, 2022 at 3:32 PM AEST, Rohan McLure wrote:
> Arch-specific implementations of syscall handlers are currently used
> over generic implementations for the following reasons:
>
> 1. Semantics unique to powerpc
> 2. Compatibility syscalls require 'argument padding' to comply with
> 64-bit argument convention in ELF32 abi.
> 3. Parameter types or order is different in other architectures.
>
> These syscall handlers have been defined prior to this patch series
> without invoking the SYSCALL_DEFINE or COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE macros with
> custom input and output types. We remove every such direct definition in
> favour of the aforementioned macros.
>
> Also update syscalls.tbl in order to refer to the symbol names generated
> by each of these macros. Since ppc64_personality can be called by both
> 64 bit and 32 bit binaries through compatibility, we must generate both
> both compat_sys_ and sys_ symbols for this handler.
>
> As an aside:
> A number of architectures including arm and powerpc agree on an
> alternative argument order and numbering for most of these arch-specific
> handlers. A future patch series may allow for asm/unistd.h to signal
> through its defines that a generic implementation of these syscall
> handlers with the correct calling convention be emitted, through the
> __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_... convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rohan McLure <rmclure@linux.ibm.com>
Looks good
Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
> ---
> V1 -> V2: All syscall handlers wrapped by this macro.
> V2 -> V3: Move creation of do_ppc64_personality helper to prior patch.
> V3 -> V4: Fix parenthesis alignment. Don't emit sys_*** symbols.
> V4 -> V5: Use 'aside' in the asm-generic rant in commit message.
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h | 10 ++---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c | 38 +++++++++++-------
> arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c | 17 ++++++--
> arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 22 +++++-----
> .../arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 22 +++++-----
> 5 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-20 1:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-16 5:32 [PATCH 00/23] powerpc: Syscall wrapper and register clearing Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 01/23] powerpc: Remove asmlinkage from syscall handler definitions Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 02/23] powerpc: Save caller r3 prior to system_call_exception Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 03/23] powerpc: Add ZEROIZE_GPRS macros for register clears Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 04/23] powerpc/64s: Use {ZEROIZE,SAVE,REST}_GPRS macros in sc, scv 0 handlers Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 05/23] powerpc/32: Clarify interrupt restores with REST_GPR macro in entry_32.S Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 0:51 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 06/23] powerpc/64e: Clarify register saves and clears with {SAVE,ZEROIZE}_GPRS Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 0:55 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 07/23] powerpc/64s: Fix comment on interrupt handler prologue Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 0:55 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 08/23] powerpc: Fix fallocate and fadvise64_64 compat parameter combination Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 6:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-20 1:01 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 09/23] asm-generic: compat: Support BE for long long args in 32-bit ABIs Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:06 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-20 7:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 10/23] powerpc: Use generic fallocate compatibility syscall Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 6:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 11/23] powerpc/32: Remove powerpc select specialisation Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 12/23] powerpc: Remove direct call to personality syscall handler Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 13/23] powerpc: Remove direct call to mmap2 syscall handlers Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 14/23] powerpc: Provide do_ppc64_personality helper Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 15/23] powerpc: Adopt SYSCALL_DEFINE for arch-specific syscall handlers Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:48 ` Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:24 ` Nicholas Piggin [this message]
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 16/23] powerpc: Include all arch-specific syscall prototypes Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:27 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 17/23] powerpc: Enable compile-time check for syscall handlers Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:30 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 18/23] powerpc: Use common syscall handler type Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:39 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 19/23] powerpc: Provide syscall wrapper Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 1:59 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-21 3:44 ` Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 20/23] powerpc/64s: Clear/restore caller gprs in syscall interrupt/return Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 2:03 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-20 4:54 ` Rohan McLure
2022-09-21 5:33 ` Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 2:07 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 21/23] powerpc/64: Add INTERRUPT_SANITIZE_REGISTERS Kconfig Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 2:10 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:32 ` [PATCH 22/23] powerpc/64s: Clear gprs on interrupt routine entry in Book3S Rohan McLure
2022-09-20 2:27 ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-09-16 5:33 ` [PATCH 23/23] powerpc/64e: Clear gprs on interrupt routine entry on Book3E Rohan McLure
2022-09-16 5:58 ` [PATCH 00/23] powerpc: Syscall wrapper and register clearing Rohan McLure
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