[patch 14/18] entry: Make return type of syscall_trace_enter() bool
Thomas Gleixner
tglx at kernel.org
Tue Jul 7 12:06:53 PDT 2026
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 at 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;
}
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