[PATCH v2 2/3] arm64: syscall.h: Add sign extension handling in syscall_get_return_value for compat
He Zhe
zhe.he at windriver.com
Fri Apr 23 11:35:32 BST 2021
Add sign extension handling in syscall_get_return_value so that it can
handle 32-bit compatible case and can be used by for example audit, just
like what syscall_get_error does.
Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he at windriver.com>
---
v1 to v2: Improve error code check suggested by Mark
arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
index cfc0672013f6..c3b5fca82ff4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -44,7 +44,20 @@ static inline long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task,
static inline long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return regs->regs[0];
+ long val = regs->regs[0];
+ long error = val;
+
+ if (compat_user_mode(regs))
+ error = sign_extend64(error, 31);
+
+ /*
+ * Return codes with bit 31 set may or may not be an error code.
+ * For example, mmap may return a legal 32 bit address with bit 31 set
+ * for 32 bit thread, in which case the untouched val should be
+ * returned. Otherwise, the sign-extended error should be returned if
+ * it still falls in error number range.
+ */
+ return IS_ERR_VALUE(error) ? error : val;
}
static inline void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
--
2.17.1
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