[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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