[PATCH 3/6] riscv: ptrace: expand "LP" references to "branch landing pads" in uapi headers

Paul Walmsley pjw at kernel.org
Fri Apr 3 18:41:26 PDT 2026


Per Linus' comments about the unreadability of abbreviations such as
"LP", rename the RISC-V ptrace landing pad CFI macro names to be more
explicit.  This primarily involves expanding "LP" in the names to some
variant of "branch landing pad."

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/CAHk-=whhSLGZAx3N5jJpb4GLFDqH_QvS07D+6BnkPWmCEzTAgw@mail.gmail.com/
Cc: Deepak Gupta <debug at rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw at kernel.org>
---
 arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h         |   20 +++++++++++---------
 arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c                   |   10 +++++-----
 tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfitests.c |    5 +++--
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
index 69d71443e111..9985bd58148e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -132,23 +132,25 @@ struct __sc_riscv_cfi_state {
 	unsigned long ss_ptr;   /* shadow stack pointer */
 };
 
-#define PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_BIT	0
-#define PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_BIT	1
-#define PTRACE_CFI_ELP_BIT	2
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_BIT		0
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_BIT		1
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_BIT	2
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_BIT	3
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_LOCK_BIT	4
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_PTR_BIT	5
 
-#define PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_STATE		_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_BIT)
-#define PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_STATE	_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_BIT)
-#define PTRACE_CFI_ELP_STATE		_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_ELP_BIT)
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_STATE		_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_BIT)
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_STATE	\
+	_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_BIT)
+#define PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_STATE	\
+	_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_BIT)
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_STATE		_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_BIT)
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_LOCK_STATE	_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_SS_LOCK_BIT)
 #define PTRACE_CFI_SS_PTR_STATE		_BITUL(PTRACE_CFI_SS_PTR_BIT)
 
-#define PTRACE_CFI_STATE_INVALID_MASK	~(PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_STATE | \
-					  PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_STATE | \
-					  PTRACE_CFI_ELP_STATE | \
+#define PTRACE_CFI_STATE_INVALID_MASK	~(PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_STATE | \
+					  PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_STATE | \
+					  PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_STATE | \
 					  PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_STATE | \
 					  PTRACE_CFI_SS_LOCK_STATE | \
 					  PTRACE_CFI_SS_PTR_STATE)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
index 2704a532e916..b6156625d6f8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ static int riscv_cfi_get(struct task_struct *target,
 	regs = task_pt_regs(target);
 
 	if (is_indir_lp_enabled(target)) {
-		user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state |= PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_STATE;
+		user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state |= PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_STATE;
 		user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state |= is_indir_lp_locked(target) ?
-						 PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_STATE : 0;
+						 PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_STATE : 0;
 		user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state |= (regs->status & SR_ELP) ?
-						PTRACE_CFI_ELP_STATE : 0;
+						PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_STATE : 0;
 	}
 
 	if (is_shstk_enabled(target)) {
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int riscv_cfi_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	 * rsvd field should be set to zero so that if those fields are needed in future
 	 */
 	if ((user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state &
-	     (PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_STATE | PTRACE_CFI_LP_LOCK_STATE |
+	     (PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_STATE | PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_LOCK_STATE |
 	      PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_STATE | PTRACE_CFI_SS_LOCK_STATE)) ||
 	     (user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state & PTRACE_CFI_STATE_INVALID_MASK))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static int riscv_cfi_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	/* If lpad is enabled on target and ptrace requests to set / clear elp, do that */
 	if (is_indir_lp_enabled(target)) {
 		if (user_cfi.cfi_status.cfi_state &
-		    PTRACE_CFI_ELP_STATE) /* set elp state */
+		    PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_STATE) /* set elp state */
 			regs->status |= SR_ELP;
 		else
 			regs->status &= ~SR_ELP; /* clear elp state */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfitests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfitests.c
index 298544854415..68374a27ec81 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfitests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfitests.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ bool cfi_ptrace_test(void)
 		}
 
 		switch (ptrace_test_num) {
-#define CFI_ENABLE_MASK (PTRACE_CFI_LP_EN_STATE |	\
+#define CFI_ENABLE_MASK (PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_LANDING_PAD_EN_STATE |	\
 			 PTRACE_CFI_SS_EN_STATE |	\
 			 PTRACE_CFI_SS_PTR_STATE)
 		case 0:
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ bool cfi_ptrace_test(void)
 						   __func__);
 			break;
 		case 1:
-			if (!(cfi_reg.cfi_status.cfi_state & PTRACE_CFI_ELP_STATE))
+			if (!(cfi_reg.cfi_status.cfi_state &
+			      PTRACE_CFI_BRANCH_EXPECTED_LANDING_PAD_STATE))
 				ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: elp must have been set\n", __func__);
 			/* clear elp state. not interested in anything else */
 			cfi_reg.cfi_status.cfi_state = 0;




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