[patch 05/18] powerpc/syscall: Use syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack()

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé philmd at oss.qualcomm.com
Thu Jul 9 04:16:21 PDT 2026


On 7/7/26 21:06, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack() replaces
> syscall_enter_from_user_mode() and the subsequent invocation of
> add_random_kstack_offset().
> 
> The advantage is that it applies the stack randomization right after
> enter_from_user_mode() and thereby avoids the overhead of get/put_cpu_var()
> as that code is invoked with interrupts disabled.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at kernel.org>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde at linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/syscall.c |    4 +---
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd at oss.qualcomm.com>




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