* [PATCH v3 0/2] ptrace_set_syscall_info: add support for seccomp syscall skipping
@ 2026-07-07 11:21 Renzo Davoli
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support Renzo Davoli
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping Renzo Davoli
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From: Renzo Davoli @ 2026-07-07 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Renzo Davoli, Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO is a generic ptrace API that complements
PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO by allowing a tracer to modify details of a
system call in which the tracee is currently blocked.
The API is designed to let tracers inspect and modify system call
information in a simple, architecture-agnostic manner.
The current implementation only supports modifying the subset of
system call information needed by strace: the system call number,
arguments, and return value.
This patch set extends PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO with support for
skipping a system call.
When a seccomp filter returns SECCOMP_RET_TRACE, the tracer receives,
via PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO, a struct ptrace_syscall_info with
op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP.
The tracer can skip the system call by setting the system call number
to -1. However, the current PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO interface does not
provide a way to specify the return value or error code that should be
reported to the tracee after skipping the call.
This patchset adds a new feature to solve the problem.
When the tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with op ==
PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP it may choose to skip the system call by changing
op to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT and populating the exit union fields (rval and
is_error) to define the return value and error status for the tracee.
This patchset is a new version of the proposed patchset entitled:
ptrace_set_syscall_info: add support for seccomp syscall skipping and
instruction pointer modification
The patchset has been split in two:
syscall skipping(this)
instruction pointer modification (it will be updated soon)
Changes in v3:
* restrict the syscall skipping feature to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP
Changes in v2:
bugfix: _NONE -> _EXIT transition was erroneously permitted
Changes since the previous patchset v2:
* bugfix: skip_syscall init value
* fix comments
Changes in (previous patchset) v2:
* use PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT instead of a new tag
* fixed most of the comments from sashiko.dev
Renzo Davoli (2):
ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall
skipping
kernel/ptrace.c | 27 ++-
.../selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 200 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
2026-07-07 11:21 [PATCH v3 0/2] ptrace_set_syscall_info: add support for seccomp syscall skipping Renzo Davoli
@ 2026-07-07 11:21 ` Renzo Davoli
2026-07-07 16:35 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-07 17:19 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping Renzo Davoli
1 sibling, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Renzo Davoli @ 2026-07-07 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Renzo Davoli, Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
This patch extends PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO with support for skipping a system
call triggered via seccomp.
When the tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with op ==
PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, it may choose to skip the system call by changing
op to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT and populating the exit union fields (rval and
is_error) to define the return value and error status for the tracee.
Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
---
kernel/ptrace.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index d041645d9d17..8ea807981390 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
static int
ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
- struct ptrace_syscall_info *info)
+ struct ptrace_syscall_info *info, bool skip_syscall)
{
long rval = info->exit.rval;
@@ -1111,6 +1111,9 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
if (rval != info->exit.rval)
return -ERANGE;
+ if (skip_syscall)
+ syscall_set_nr(child, regs, -1);
+
if (info->exit.is_error)
syscall_set_return_value(child, regs, rval, 0);
else
@@ -1125,6 +1128,8 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
{
struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
struct ptrace_syscall_info info;
+ int child_op;
+ bool skip_syscall = false;
if (user_size < sizeof(info))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1141,15 +1146,27 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
if (info.flags || info.reserved)
return -EINVAL;
- /* Changing the type of the system call stop is not supported yet. */
- if (ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child) != info.op)
- return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * Changing the type of the system call stop is not allowed, with the
+ * following exception:
+ * PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP can be changed to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT
+ * to skip the system call
+ */
+
+ child_op = ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child);
+ if (child_op != info.op) {
+ if (info.op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT &&
+ child_op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP)
+ skip_syscall = true;
+ else
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
switch (info.op) {
case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY:
return ptrace_set_syscall_info_entry(child, regs, &info);
case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT:
- return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info);
+ return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info, skip_syscall);
case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP:
return ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(child, regs, &info);
default:
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping
2026-07-07 11:21 [PATCH v3 0/2] ptrace_set_syscall_info: add support for seccomp syscall skipping Renzo Davoli
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support Renzo Davoli
@ 2026-07-07 11:21 ` Renzo Davoli
2026-07-08 7:47 ` Dmitry V. Levin
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Renzo Davoli @ 2026-07-07 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Renzo Davoli, Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
Check whether PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skiping semantics implemented in the
kernel matches userspace expectations.
Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
---
.../selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 178 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
index 1cc411a41cd6..af3c908b0d68 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
@@ -11,9 +11,16 @@
#include <err.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
+#include <linux/filter.h>
+#include <linux/seccomp.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
+
#if defined(_MIPS_SIM) && _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32
/*
@@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ struct si_exit {
static unsigned int ptrace_stop;
static pid_t tracee_pid;
+static pid_t tracer_pid;
static int
kill_tracee(pid_t pid)
@@ -64,6 +72,25 @@ sys_ptrace(int request, pid_t pid, unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
ptrace_stop, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
} while (0)
+static int sys_seccomp(unsigned int operation, unsigned int flags, void *args)
+{
+ return syscall(__NR_seccomp, operation, flags, args);
+}
+
+static struct sock_filter seccomp_filter[] = {
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_LD+BPF_W+BPF_ABS, offsetof(struct seccomp_data, nr)),
+
+ BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP+BPF_JEQ+BPF_K, __NR_restart_syscall, 0, 1),
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_RET+BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW),
+
+ BPF_STMT(BPF_RET+BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_TRACE),
+};
+
+static struct sock_fprog seccomp_prog = {
+ .filter = seccomp_filter,
+ .len = ARRAY_SIZE(seccomp_filter)
+};
+
static void
check_psi_entry(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
const struct ptrace_syscall_info *info,
@@ -128,7 +155,6 @@ check_psi_exit(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
TEST(set_syscall_info)
{
- const pid_t tracer_pid = getpid();
const kernel_ulong_t dummy[] = {
(kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad0bef0bad0fed0ULL,
(kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad1bef1bad1fed1ULL,
@@ -138,6 +164,7 @@ TEST(set_syscall_info)
(kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad5bef5bad5fed5ULL,
};
int splice_in[2], splice_out[2];
+ tracer_pid = getpid();
ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe(splice_in));
ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe(splice_out));
@@ -516,4 +543,154 @@ TEST(set_syscall_info)
ASSERT_EQ(ptrace_stop, ARRAY_SIZE(si) * 2);
}
+TEST(set_syscall_info_seccomp)
+{
+ tracer_pid = getpid();
+ tracee_pid = fork();
+
+ ASSERT_LE(0, tracee_pid) {
+ TH_LOG("fork: %m");
+ }
+
+ /* tracee */
+ if (tracee_pid == 0) {
+ tracee_pid = getpid();
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0)) {
+ TH_LOG("PTRACE_TRACEME: %m");
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(tracee_pid, SIGSTOP)) {
+ /* cannot happen */
+ TH_LOG("kill SIGSTOP: %m");
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0)) {
+ TH_LOG("prctl: %m");
+ _exit(1);
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_seccomp(SECCOMP_SET_MODE_FILTER, 0,
+ (void *) &seccomp_prog)) {
+ TH_LOG("seccomp: %m");
+ _exit(1);
+ }
+
+ /* run getpid unmodified */
+ ASSERT_EQ(tracee_pid, getpid()) {
+ TH_LOG("getpid seccomp unchanged: %m");
+ _exit(1);
+ }
+
+ /* run getppid instead of getpid */
+ ASSERT_EQ(tracer_pid, getpid()) {
+ TH_LOG("getpid seccomp nr changes: %m");
+ _exit(1);
+ }
+
+ /* skip getpid and return 42 */
+ ASSERT_EQ(42, getpid()) {
+ TH_LOG("getpid skip set return value changes: %m");
+ _exit(1);
+ }
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+
+ int status;
+
+ /* tracer */
+ ASSERT_LE(0, waitpid(-1,&status,0)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("waitpid: %m");
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, tracee_pid, 0, PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP | PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD))
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_SETOPTIONS: %m");
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, tracee_pid, 0, 0)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_CONT: %m");
+ }
+
+ while (1) {
+ ASSERT_EQ(tracee_pid, wait(&status)) {
+ /* cannot happen */
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("wait: %m");
+ }
+ if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
+ tracee_pid = 0; /* the tracee is no more */
+ ASSERT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected exit status %u",
+ WEXITSTATUS(status));
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ ASSERT_FALSE(WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
+ tracee_pid = 0; /* the tracee is no more */
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected signal %u",
+ WTERMSIG(status));
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected wait status %#x", status);
+ }
+
+ if (status >> 8 == (SIGTRAP | (PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP << 8))) {
+ struct ptrace_syscall_info info = {
+ .op = 0xff /* invalid PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* op */
+ };
+ size_t info_size = sizeof(info);
+
+ ASSERT_LT(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO, tracee_pid, info_size, (uintptr_t) &info)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO: %m");
+ };
+ ASSERT_EQ(PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, info.op) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry op mismatch: %m");
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(info.arch) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry arch mismatch: %m");
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(info.instruction_pointer) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry instruction_pointer mismatch: %m");
+ }
+ ASSERT_TRUE(info.stack_pointer) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry stack_pointer mismatch: %m");
+ }
+
+ switch (ptrace_stop) {
+ case 0: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
+ }
+ ptrace_stop++;
+ break;
+ case 1: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
+ }
+ info.seccomp.nr = __NR_getppid;
+ ptrace_stop++;
+ break;
+ case 2: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
+ }
+ info.op = PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT;
+ info.exit.rval = 42;
+ info.exit.is_error = 0;
+ ptrace_stop++;
+ break;
+ case 3: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_exit_group, info.seccomp.nr) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_exit_group mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
+ }
+ break;
+ default:
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected system call: %m");
+ break;
+
+ }
+ ASSERT_EQ(0,sys_ptrace(PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, tracee_pid, info_size, (uintptr_t) &info)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO: %m");
+ }
+
+ ASSERT_EQ(0,sys_ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, tracee_pid, 0, 0)) {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_CONT: %m");
+ }
+ } else {
+ LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected signal: %m");
+ }
+ }
+}
+
TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
--
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* Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support Renzo Davoli
@ 2026-07-07 16:35 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-07-07 17:19 ` Dmitry V. Levin
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Oleg Nesterov @ 2026-07-07 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Renzo Davoli, Dmitry V . Levin
Cc: linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Shuah Khan, Alexey Gladkov,
Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger, Davide Berardi,
strace-devel
On 07/07, Renzo Davoli wrote:
>
> + child_op = ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child);
> + if (child_op != info.op) {
> + if (info.op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT &&
> + child_op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP)
> + skip_syscall = true;
> + else
> + return -EINVAL;
OK, I have to agree, we can't allow _ENTRY -> _EXIT transition right now.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hopefully we can allow _ENTRY -> _EXIT later, when/if we have some help from
arch/ maintainers.
Although I think that the much more likely case is when Dmitry who understands
_every_ arch/ will have time/motivation to make the neccessary changes ;) Hmm...
but you removed him from CC list, please don't do this. Add him back.
And... As I said, I agree with any naming. But somehow I don't like "child_op".
Again, I won't argue, but if you will have any reason to send V4, please think
about something else. "reported_op" or just "op". To me "child_op" looks a bit
confusing, but this is minor/subjective, feel free to ignore.
Oleg.
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* Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support Renzo Davoli
2026-07-07 16:35 ` Oleg Nesterov
@ 2026-07-07 17:19 ` Dmitry V. Levin
2026-07-07 17:44 ` Oleg Nesterov
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry V. Levin @ 2026-07-07 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Renzo Davoli
Cc: linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 01:21:06PM +0200, Renzo Davoli wrote:
> This patch extends PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO with support for skipping a system
> call triggered via seccomp.
>
> When the tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with op ==
> PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, it may choose to skip the system call by changing
> op to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT and populating the exit union fields (rval and
> is_error) to define the return value and error status for the tracee.
I suggest changing the wording of the commit message as follows:
ptrace: add PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
Extend PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO to support skipping a system call triggered
via seccomp.
When a tracer retrieves a ptrace_syscall_info structure with 'op' set to
PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, it can now choose to skip the system call.
To do this, the tracer changes 'op' to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT and
populates the exit union fields (rval and is_error) to define the return
value and error status for the tracee.
> Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
> ---
> kernel/ptrace.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
> index d041645d9d17..8ea807981390 100644
> --- a/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
>
> static int
> ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
> - struct ptrace_syscall_info *info)
> + struct ptrace_syscall_info *info, bool skip_syscall)
> {
> long rval = info->exit.rval;
>
> @@ -1111,6 +1111,9 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(struct task_struct *child, struct pt_regs *regs,
> if (rval != info->exit.rval)
> return -ERANGE;
>
> + if (skip_syscall)
> + syscall_set_nr(child, regs, -1);
> +
> if (info->exit.is_error)
> syscall_set_return_value(child, regs, rval, 0);
> else
> @@ -1125,6 +1128,8 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
> {
> struct pt_regs *regs = task_pt_regs(child);
> struct ptrace_syscall_info info;
> + int child_op;
> + bool skip_syscall = false;
>
> if (user_size < sizeof(info))
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1141,15 +1146,27 @@ ptrace_set_syscall_info(struct task_struct *child, unsigned long user_size,
> if (info.flags || info.reserved)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - /* Changing the type of the system call stop is not supported yet. */
> - if (ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child) != info.op)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + /*
> + * Changing the type of the system call stop is not allowed, with the
> + * following exception:
> + * PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP can be changed to PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT
> + * to skip the system call
> + */
> +
> + child_op = ptrace_get_syscall_info_op(child);
Apparently, Oleg is not quite happy with the name child_op,
so let's rename it to reported_op.
> + if (child_op != info.op) {
> + if (info.op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT &&
> + child_op == PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP)
Indentation of the last line looks somewhat unusual.
> + skip_syscall = true;
> + else
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> switch (info.op) {
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_ENTRY:
> return ptrace_set_syscall_info_entry(child, regs, &info);
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT:
> - return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info);
> + return ptrace_set_syscall_info_exit(child, regs, &info, skip_syscall);
> case PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP:
> return ptrace_set_syscall_info_seccomp(child, regs, &info);
> default:
Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@strace.io>
--
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* Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ptrace: PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping support
2026-07-07 17:19 ` Dmitry V. Levin
@ 2026-07-07 17:44 ` Oleg Nesterov
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Oleg Nesterov @ 2026-07-07 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Dmitry V. Levin
Cc: Renzo Davoli, linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
On 07/07, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
>
> I suggest changing the wording of the commit message as follows:
>
> [... snip... ]
Agreed!
and perhaps it makes sense to add a short note (or just a link
to the previous discussions) to explain why we can't do the same
when op == ENTRY. But this is minor.
Oleg.
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* Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping
2026-07-07 11:21 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/ptrace: add a test case for PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skipping Renzo Davoli
@ 2026-07-08 7:47 ` Dmitry V. Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Dmitry V. Levin @ 2026-07-08 7:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Renzo Davoli
Cc: linux-kernel, Andrew Morton, Oleg Nesterov, Shuah Khan,
Alexey Gladkov, Eugene Syromyatnikov, Mike Frysinger,
Davide Berardi, strace-devel
On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 01:21:07PM +0200, Renzo Davoli wrote:
> Check whether PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO syscall skiping semantics implemented in the
> kernel matches userspace expectations.
typo: skiping
>
> Signed-off-by: Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>
> ---
> .../selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c | 179 +++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 178 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
> index 1cc411a41cd6..af3c908b0d68 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/set_syscall_info.c
> @@ -11,9 +11,16 @@
> #include <err.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <signal.h>
> +#include <stdlib.h>
> +#include <stddef.h>
> #include <asm/unistd.h>
> +#include <sys/prctl.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/ptrace.h>
> +#include <linux/filter.h>
> +#include <linux/seccomp.h>
> +#include <linux/prctl.h>
> +
Even though an extra blank line is not a problem, it's a little distraction
from the change.
> #if defined(_MIPS_SIM) && _MIPS_SIM == _MIPS_SIM_NABI32
> /*
> @@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ struct si_exit {
>
> static unsigned int ptrace_stop;
> static pid_t tracee_pid;
> +static pid_t tracer_pid;
>
> static int
> kill_tracee(pid_t pid)
> @@ -64,6 +72,25 @@ sys_ptrace(int request, pid_t pid, unsigned long addr, unsigned long data)
> ptrace_stop, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
> } while (0)
>
> +static int sys_seccomp(unsigned int operation, unsigned int flags, void *args)
> +{
> + return syscall(__NR_seccomp, operation, flags, args);
> +}
> +
> +static struct sock_filter seccomp_filter[] = {
> + BPF_STMT(BPF_LD+BPF_W+BPF_ABS, offsetof(struct seccomp_data, nr)),
> +
> + BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP+BPF_JEQ+BPF_K, __NR_restart_syscall, 0, 1),
> + BPF_STMT(BPF_RET+BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_ALLOW),
> +
> + BPF_STMT(BPF_RET+BPF_K, SECCOMP_RET_TRACE),
> +};
> +
> +static struct sock_fprog seccomp_prog = {
> + .filter = seccomp_filter,
> + .len = ARRAY_SIZE(seccomp_filter)
> +};
> +
> static void
> check_psi_entry(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
> const struct ptrace_syscall_info *info,
> @@ -128,7 +155,6 @@ check_psi_exit(struct __test_metadata *_metadata,
>
> TEST(set_syscall_info)
> {
> - const pid_t tracer_pid = getpid();
> const kernel_ulong_t dummy[] = {
> (kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad0bef0bad0fed0ULL,
> (kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad1bef1bad1fed1ULL,
> @@ -138,6 +164,7 @@ TEST(set_syscall_info)
> (kernel_ulong_t) 0xdad5bef5bad5fed5ULL,
> };
> int splice_in[2], splice_out[2];
> + tracer_pid = getpid();
>
> ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe(splice_in));
> ASSERT_EQ(0, pipe(splice_out));
> @@ -516,4 +543,154 @@ TEST(set_syscall_info)
> ASSERT_EQ(ptrace_stop, ARRAY_SIZE(si) * 2);
> }
>
> +TEST(set_syscall_info_seccomp)
> +{
> + tracer_pid = getpid();
> + tracee_pid = fork();
> +
> + ASSERT_LE(0, tracee_pid) {
> + TH_LOG("fork: %m");
> + }
> +
> + /* tracee */
> + if (tracee_pid == 0) {
> + tracee_pid = getpid();
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0)) {
> + TH_LOG("PTRACE_TRACEME: %m");
> + }
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, kill(tracee_pid, SIGSTOP)) {
> + /* cannot happen */
> + TH_LOG("kill SIGSTOP: %m");
> + }
> +
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, prctl(PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS, 1, 0, 0, 0)) {
> + TH_LOG("prctl: %m");
> + _exit(1);
> + }
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_seccomp(SECCOMP_SET_MODE_FILTER, 0,
> + (void *) &seccomp_prog)) {
> + TH_LOG("seccomp: %m");
> + _exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + /* run getpid unmodified */
> + ASSERT_EQ(tracee_pid, getpid()) {
> + TH_LOG("getpid seccomp unchanged: %m");
> + _exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + /* run getppid instead of getpid */
> + ASSERT_EQ(tracer_pid, getpid()) {
> + TH_LOG("getpid seccomp nr changes: %m");
> + _exit(1);
> + }
> +
> + /* skip getpid and return 42 */
> + ASSERT_EQ(42, getpid()) {
> + TH_LOG("getpid skip set return value changes: %m");
> + _exit(1);
> + }
Since ASSERT_EQ aborts in case of assertion failure, why do you need these
explicit _exit(1) calls here?
> + _exit(0);
> + }
> +
> + int status;
> +
> + /* tracer */
> + ASSERT_LE(0, waitpid(-1,&status,0)) {
Missing spaces after comma: waitpid(-1,&status,0) -> waitpid(-1, &status, 0)
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("waitpid: %m");
> + }
> +
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_SETOPTIONS, tracee_pid, 0, PTRACE_O_TRACESECCOMP | PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD))
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_SETOPTIONS: %m");
Missing braces on ASSERT_EQ.
> +
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, tracee_pid, 0, 0)) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_CONT: %m");
> + }
> +
> + while (1) {
I suggest to replace
while (1) {
with
for (ptrace_stop = 0; ; ++ptrace_stop) {
and don't bother changing ptrace_stop inside the loop.
> + ASSERT_EQ(tracee_pid, wait(&status)) {
> + /* cannot happen */
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("wait: %m");
> + }
> + if (WIFEXITED(status)) {
> + tracee_pid = 0; /* the tracee is no more */
> + ASSERT_EQ(0, WEXITSTATUS(status)) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected exit status %u",
> + WEXITSTATUS(status));
> + }
> + break;
> + }
> + ASSERT_FALSE(WIFSIGNALED(status)) {
> + tracee_pid = 0; /* the tracee is no more */
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected signal %u",
> + WTERMSIG(status));
> + }
> + ASSERT_TRUE(WIFSTOPPED(status)) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected wait status %#x", status);
> + }
> +
> + if (status >> 8 == (SIGTRAP | (PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP << 8))) {
I suggest turning this into assertion, e.g.
ASSERT_EQ(status >> 8, SIGTRAP | (PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP << 8)) {
LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected stop, wait status %#x", status);
}
> + struct ptrace_syscall_info info = {
> + .op = 0xff /* invalid PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* op */
> + };
> + size_t info_size = sizeof(info);
> +
> + ASSERT_LT(0, sys_ptrace(PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO, tracee_pid, info_size, (uintptr_t) &info)) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO: %m");
> + };
Stray semicolon after the closing brace.
> + ASSERT_EQ(PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_SECCOMP, info.op) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry op mismatch: %m");
> + }
> + ASSERT_TRUE(info.arch) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry arch mismatch: %m");
> + }
> + ASSERT_TRUE(info.instruction_pointer) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry instruction_pointer mismatch: %m");
> + }
> + ASSERT_TRUE(info.stack_pointer) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("entry stack_pointer mismatch: %m");
> + }
I suggest adding an extra check here:
ASSERT_LT(ptrace_stop, 4) {
LOG_KILL_TRACEE("ptrace stop overflow");
}
> + switch (ptrace_stop) {
> + case 0: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
Trailing statements on case lines: "case 0: ASSERT_EQ(...)"
should have the ASSERT on the next line.
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
As LOG_KILL_TRACEE() prints ptrace_stop itself, let's keep it simple, e.g.
LOG_KILL_TRACEE("syscall nr mismatch");
> + }
> + ptrace_stop++;
> + break;
> + case 1: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
> + }
> + info.seccomp.nr = __NR_getppid;
> + ptrace_stop++;
> + break;
> + case 2: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_getpid, info.seccomp.nr) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_getpid mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
> + }
> + info.op = PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT;
> + info.exit.rval = 42;
> + info.exit.is_error = 0;
> + ptrace_stop++;
> + break;
> + case 3: ASSERT_EQ(__NR_exit_group, info.seccomp.nr) {
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("step %d nr __NR_exit_group mismatch: %m", ptrace_stop);
> + }
> + break;
> + default:
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("unexpected system call: %m");
> + break;
> +
> + }
Given that all info.seccomp.nr assertions are essentially
identical, this could be simplified into something like this:
const unsigned int expected_nr[] = {
__NR_getpid,
__NR_getpid,
__NR_getpid,
__NR_exit_group
};
ASSERT_LT(ptrace_stop, ARRAY_SIZE(expected_nr)) {
LOG_KILL_TRACEE("ptrace stop overflow");
}
ASSERT_EQ(info.seccomp.nr, expected_nr[ptrace_stop]) {
LOG_KILL_TRACEE("syscall nr mismatch");
}
switch (ptrace_stop) {
case 0:
case 3:
break;
case 1:
info.seccomp.nr = __NR_getppid;
break;
case 2:
info.op = PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_EXIT;
info.exit.rval = 42;
info.exit.is_error = 0;
break;
}
> + ASSERT_EQ(0,sys_ptrace(PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO, tracee_pid, info_size, (uintptr_t) &info)) {
Missing space after comma.
> + LOG_KILL_TRACEE("PTRACE_SET_SYSCALL_INFO: %m");
> + }
> +
> + ASSERT_EQ(0,sys_ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, tracee_pid, 0, 0)) {
Likewise.
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