From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Subject: [patch 14/18] entry: Make return type of syscall_trace_enter() bool
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:06:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707190254.392010241@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20260707181957.433213175@kernel.org
This prepares for changing the return types of
syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() to bool, which in turn separates the
decision of invoking the syscall from the syscall number, which might have
been changed in the call by ptrace, seccomp, tracing.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static inline void syscall_enter_audit(s
}
}
-static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work,
- long syscall)
+static __always_inline bool syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work,
+ long *syscall)
{
/*
* Handle Syscall User Dispatch. This must comes first, since
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trac
*/
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
if (syscall_user_dispatch(regs))
- return -1L;
+ return false;
}
/*
@@ -90,32 +90,32 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trac
* through hrtimer_interrupt().
*/
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_RSEQ_SLICE)
- rseq_syscall_enter_work(syscall);
+ rseq_syscall_enter_work(*syscall);
/* Handle ptrace */
if (work & (SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE | SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
if (!arch_ptrace_report_syscall_permit_entry(regs) ||
(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU))
- return -1L;
+ return false;
}
/* Do seccomp after ptrace, to catch any tracer changes. */
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SECCOMP) {
if (!__seccomp_permit_syscall())
- return -1L;
+ return false;
}
/* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
- syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+ *syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)) {
- if (!trace_syscall_enter(regs, &syscall))
- return -1L;
+ if (!trace_syscall_enter(regs, syscall))
+ return false;
}
- syscall_enter_audit(regs, syscall);
+ syscall_enter_audit(regs, *syscall);
- return syscall;
+ return true;
}
/**
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_ente
{
unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
- if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER)
- syscall = syscall_trace_enter(regs, work, syscall);
+ if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER) {
+ if (!syscall_trace_enter(regs, work, &syscall))
+ return -1L;
+ }
return syscall;
}
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-07 19:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-07 19:05 [patch 00/18] entry: Consolidate and rework syscall entry handling Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-07 19:05 ` [patch 01/18] powerpc: Move stack randomization after syscall_enter_from_user_mode() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 14:07 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-08 17:22 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 1:20 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:12 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 02/18] randomize_kstack: Provide add_random_kstack_offset_irqsoff() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 17:24 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:13 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 16:23 ` Kees Cook
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 03/18] entry: Provide [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 17:26 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:34 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 3:46 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:15 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 04/18] loongarch/syscall: Use syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 18:37 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:37 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:15 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 05/18] powerpc/syscall: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 18:35 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:38 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:16 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 06/18] riscv/syscall: " Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 20:57 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:38 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:16 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 07/18] s390/syscall: Use enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 6:47 ` Sven Schnelle
2026-07-08 20:57 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:39 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 2:46 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:17 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 08/18] x86/syscall: Use [syscall_]enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 20:59 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:44 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:18 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 09/18] entry: Remove syscall_enter_from_user_mode() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 21:21 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-08 22:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-09 2:49 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 10/18] entry: Use syscall number instead of rereading it Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 21:39 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-09 2:55 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 11:20 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-09 11:22 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 11/18] seccomp, treewide: Rename and convert __secure_computing() to return boolean Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 1:43 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-08 9:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 16:04 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-08 21:49 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-09 16:22 ` Kees Cook
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 12/18] ptrace, treewide: Rename ptrace_report_syscall_entry() to ptrace_report_syscall_permit_entry() Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 15:46 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-09 1:41 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-09 8:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-07-09 17:03 ` Radu Rendec
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 13/18] entry: Make trace_syscall_enter() return type bool Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 15:52 ` Michal Suchánek
2026-07-08 20:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 23:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-09 16:26 ` David Laight
2026-07-07 19:06 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2026-07-07 19:06 ` [patch 15/18] x86/entry: Make syscall functions static Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-09 1:47 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-07 19:07 ` [patch 16/18] x86/entry: Get rid of the sys_ni_syscall() indirection Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-09 2:03 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-07-07 19:07 ` [patch 17/18] x86/entry: Simplify the syscall number logic Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-07 19:07 ` [patch 18/18] entry, treewide: Make syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() indicate syscall execution Thomas Gleixner
2026-07-08 5:21 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-07-08 9:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
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