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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-04-05 13:15:57 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-04-05 13:15:57 -1000
commit970b766cfd3f3cb7275bf51144b1678c547882fc (patch)
treea849cc6dd0f74f412a2c6ee5ceb9443d11221a56 /include/asm-generic/syscall.h
parentMerge tag 'mm-compaction-5.1-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mel/linux (diff)
parentsyscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_set_arguments() args (diff)
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Merge tag 'trace-5.1-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace
Pull syscall-get-arguments cleanup and fixes from Steven Rostedt: "Andy Lutomirski approached me to tell me that the syscall_get_arguments() implementation in x86 was horrible and gcc certainly gets it wrong. He said that since the tracepoints only pass in 0 and 6 for i and n repectively, it should be optimized for that case. Inspecting the kernel, I discovered that all users pass in 0 for i and only one file passing in something other than 6 for the number of arguments. That code happens to be my own code used for the special syscall tracing. That can easily be converted to just using 0 and 6 as well, and only copying what is needed. Which is probably the faster path anyway for that case. Along the way, a couple of real fixes came from this as the syscall_get_arguments() function was incorrect for csky and riscv. x86 has been optimized to for the new interface that removes the variable number of arguments, but the other architectures could still use some loving and take more advantage of the simpler interface" * tag 'trace-5.1-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_set_arguments() args syscalls: Remove start and number from syscall_get_arguments() args csky: Fix syscall_get_arguments() and syscall_set_arguments() riscv: Fix syscall_get_arguments() and syscall_set_arguments() tracing/syscalls: Pass in hardcoded 6 into syscall_get_arguments() ptrace: Remove maxargs from task_current_syscall()
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-generic/syscall.h')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/syscall.h21
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
index 0c938a4354f6..b88239e9efe4 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/syscall.h
@@ -105,41 +105,30 @@ void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
* syscall_get_arguments - extract system call parameter values
* @task: task of interest, must be blocked
* @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
- * @i: argument index [0,5]
- * @n: number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
* @args: array filled with argument values
*
- * Fetches @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument
- * (from 0 through 5). Argument @i is stored in @args[0], and so on.
- * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
+ * Fetches 6 arguments to the system call. First argument is stored in
+* @args[0], and so on.
*
* It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
* entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
- * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
- * taking up to 6 arguments.
*/
void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
- unsigned int i, unsigned int n, unsigned long *args);
+ unsigned long *args);
/**
* syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
* @task: task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
* @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
- * @i: argument index [0,5]
- * @n: number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
* @args: array of argument values to store
*
- * Changes @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument.
- * Argument @i gets value @args[0], and so on.
- * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
+ * Changes 6 arguments to the system call.
+ * The first argument gets value @args[0], and so on.
*
* It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
* entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
- * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
- * taking up to 6 arguments.
*/
void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
- unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
const unsigned long *args);
/**