linux/include/asm-generic/syscall.h, branch v5.1

syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_set_arguments() args

2019-04-05T13:27:23Z

After removing the start and count arguments of syscall_get_arguments() it seems reasonable to remove them from syscall_set_arguments(). Note, as of today, there are no users of syscall_set_arguments(). But we are told that there will be soon. But for now, at least make it consistent with syscall_get_arguments(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190327222014.GA32540@altlinux.org Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Dominik Brodowski Cc: Dave Martin Cc: "Dmitry V. Levin" Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp Cc: linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org Cc: nios2-dev@lists.rocketboards.org Cc: openrisc@lists.librecores.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Max Filippov # For xtensa changes Acked-by: Will Deacon # For the arm64 bits Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner # for x86 Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args

2019-04-05T13:26:43Z

At Linux Plumbers, Andy Lutomirski approached me and pointed out that the function call syscall_get_arguments() implemented in x86 was horribly written and not optimized for the standard case of passing in 0 and 6 for the starting index and the number of system calls to get. When looking at all the users of this function, I discovered that all instances pass in only 0 and 6 for these arguments. Instead of having this function handle different cases that are never used, simply rewrite it to return the first 6 arguments of a system call. This should help out the performance of tracing system calls by ptrace, ftrace and perf. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161107213233.754809394@goodmis.org Cc: Oleg Nesterov Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Dominik Brodowski Cc: Dave Martin Cc: "Dmitry V. Levin" Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-c6x-dev@linux-c6x.org Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@lists.sourceforge.jp Cc: linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org Cc: nios2-dev@lists.rocketboards.org Cc: openrisc@lists.librecores.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Paul Burton # MIPS parts Acked-by: Max Filippov # For xtensa changes Acked-by: Will Deacon # For the arm64 bits Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner # for x86 Reviewed-by: Dmitry V. Levin Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware)

syscall.h: fix doc text for syscall_get_arch()

2014-09-23T20:20:00Z

syscall_get_arch() used to take a task as a argument. It now uses current. Fix the doc text. Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs Signed-off-by: Eric Paris

syscall_get_arch: remove useless function arguments

2014-03-20T14:11:59Z

Every caller of syscall_get_arch() uses current for the task and no implementors of the function need args. So just get rid of both of those things. Admittedly, since these are inline functions we aren't wasting stack space, but it just makes the prototypes better. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Cc: linux390@de.ibm.com Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org

asm/syscall.h: add syscall_get_arch

2012-04-14T01:13:19Z

Adds a stub for a function that will return the AUDIT_ARCH_* value appropriate to the supplied task based on the system call convention. For audit's use, the value can generally be hard-coded at the audit-site. However, for other functionality not inlined into syscall entry/exit, this makes that information available. seccomp_filter is the first planned consumer and, as such, the comment indicates a tie to CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER. Suggested-by: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Will Drewry Acked-by: Serge Hallyn Acked-by: Eric Paris v18: comment and change reword and rebase. v14: rebase/nochanges v13: rebase on to 88ebdda6159ffc15699f204c33feb3e431bf9bdc v12: rebase on to linux-next v11: fixed improper return type v10: introduced Signed-off-by: James Morris

asm-generic: syscall_get_nr returns int

2009-09-23T02:56:50Z

Only 32 bits of system call number are meaningful, so make the specification for syscall_get_nr() be to return int, not long. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath

tracehook: comment pasto fixes

2008-09-05T21:39:38Z

Fix some pasto's in comments in the new linux/tracehook.h and asm-generic/syscall.h files. Reported-by: Wenji Huang Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

tracehook: asm/syscall.h

2008-07-26T19:00:09Z

This adds asm-generic/syscall.h, which documents what a real asm-ARCH/syscall.h file should define. This is not used yet, but will provide all the machine-dependent details of examining a user system call about to begin, in progress, or just ended. Each arch should add an asm-ARCH/syscall.h that defines all the entry points documented in asm-generic/syscall.h, as short inlines if possible. This lets us write new tracing code that understands user system call registers, without any new arch-specific work. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath Cc: Oleg Nesterov Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds