[patch 2/4] entry: Rework trace_syscall_enter()
Thomas Gleixner
tglx at kernel.org
Sun Jul 12 14:25:22 PDT 2026
Reread the syscall number from pt_regs and stop returning the eventually
modified syscall number.
That moves the reread to the end of the syscall_trace_enter() and prepares
for moving it to the call site.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at kernel.org>
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 10 ++++------
kernel/entry/syscall-common.c | 9 ++-------
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static __always_inline bool arch_ptrace_
}
#endif
-long trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall);
+void trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs);
void trace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret);
void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs);
@@ -96,16 +96,14 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trac
return -1L;
}
- /* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
- syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
-
if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
- syscall = trace_syscall_enter(regs, syscall);
+ trace_syscall_enter(regs);
if (unlikely(audit_context()))
syscall_enter_audit(regs);
- return syscall;
+ /* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
+ return syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
}
/**
--- a/kernel/entry/syscall-common.c
+++ b/kernel/entry/syscall-common.c
@@ -8,14 +8,9 @@
/* Out of line to prevent tracepoint code duplication */
-long trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
+void trace_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- trace_sys_enter(regs, syscall);
- /*
- * Probes or BPF hooks in the tracepoint may have changed the
- * system call number. Reread it.
- */
- return syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+ trace_sys_enter(regs, syscall_get_nr(current, regs));
}
void trace_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
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