[PATCH v17 09/15] arm64: ptrace: Align syscall exit work semantics with generic entry

Jinjie Ruan ruanjinjie at huawei.com
Tue Jul 21 01:18:52 PDT 2026


Refactor the syscall exit path to better match the generic entry
framework. Specifically:

- Introduce `_TIF_SYSCALL_EXIT_WORK` to aggregate exit-time thread
  flags (trace, audit, tracepoint).

- Rename `syscall_trace_exit()` to `arm64_syscall_exit_work()` to
  better reflect its role.

- Move `rseq_syscall()` out of `arm64_syscall_exit_work()` and into
  `arm64_syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work()` so that it runs
  unconditionally on all exits, consistent with generic entry.

- Gate `arm64_syscall_exit_work()` behind the new flag check,
  mirroring the generic entry exit's pattern.

Gating audit on `_TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT` is equivalent to the previous
`audit_context()` check: the audit context and flag are statically
allocated at fork and freed at exit, remaining stable throughout
syscall execution.

No functional changes intended.

Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie at huawei.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h     | 8 ++++++--
 arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h | 3 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c           | 5 +----
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
index 3e4672ab4a4f..7cc872fde019 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/rseq.h>
 
 typedef long (*syscall_fn_t)(const struct pt_regs *regs);
 
@@ -121,13 +122,16 @@ static inline int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task)
 }
 
 int arm64_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags);
-void syscall_trace_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags);
+void arm64_syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags);
 
 static __always_inline void arm64_syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags = read_thread_flags();
 
-	syscall_trace_exit(regs, flags);
+	rseq_syscall(regs);
+
+	if (unlikely(flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_EXIT_WORK) || flags & _TIF_SINGLESTEP)
+		arm64_syscall_exit_work(regs, flags);
 }
 
 #endif	/* __ASM_SYSCALL_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 5d7fe3e153c8..56a2c9426a32 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ void arch_setup_new_exec(void);
 				 _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT | _TIF_SECCOMP | \
 				 _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)
 
+#define _TIF_SYSCALL_EXIT_WORK	(_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT | \
+				 _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK
 #define INIT_SCS							\
 	.scs_base	= init_shadow_call_stack,			\
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 18fa29ae1425..10ead67b4eaf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/regset.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
-#include <linux/rseq.h>
 
 #include <asm/compat.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
@@ -2505,12 +2504,10 @@ static inline bool report_single_step(unsigned long flags)
 	return flags & _TIF_SINGLESTEP;
 }
 
-void syscall_trace_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags)
+void arm64_syscall_exit_work(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	bool step;
 
-	rseq_syscall(regs);
-
 	audit_syscall_exit(regs);
 
 	if (flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT)
-- 
2.34.1




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