1 files changed, 23 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
index ec60174c8c18..dad858b6adc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -1,20 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
  * Based on arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1996-2003 Russell King
  * Copyright (C) 2012 ARM Ltd.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 #ifndef __ASM_PTRACE_H
 #define __ASM_PTRACE_H
@@ -305,6 +294,28 @@ static inline unsigned long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs->regs[0];
 }
 
+/**
+ * regs_get_kernel_argument() - get Nth function argument in kernel
+ * @regs:	pt_regs of that context
+ * @n:		function argument number (start from 0)
+ *
+ * regs_get_argument() returns @n th argument of the function call.
+ *
+ * Note that this chooses the most likely register mapping. In very rare
+ * cases this may not return correct data, for example, if one of the
+ * function parameters is 16 bytes or bigger. In such cases, we cannot
+ * get access the parameter correctly and the register assignment of
+ * subsequent parameters will be shifted.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_kernel_argument(struct pt_regs *regs,
+						     unsigned int n)
+{
+#define NR_REG_ARGUMENTS 8
+	if (n < NR_REG_ARGUMENTS)
+		return pt_regs_read_reg(regs, n);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* We must avoid circular header include via sched.h */
 struct task_struct;
 int valid_user_regs(struct user_pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task);