On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 01:22:19AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 03:34:44PM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > On 2019-01-09 15:40, Dmitry V. Levin wrote: > > > syscall_get_arch() is required to be implemented on all architectures in > > > order > > > to extend the generic ptrace API with PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request: > > > syscall_get_arch() is going to be called from ptrace_request() along with > > > syscall_get_nr(), syscall_get_arguments(), syscall_get_error(), and > > > syscall_get_return_value() functions with a tracee as their argument. > > > > > > The primary intent is that the triple (audit_arch, syscall_nr, arg1..arg6) > > > should describe what system call is being called and what its arguments > > > are. > > > > > > This patchset began as a series called "Prepare for > > > PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO", > > > then I merged it into a series called "ptrace: add > > > PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request" > > > that also contains ptrace-specific changes. > > > > > > The ptrace-specific part, however, needs more attention to workaround > > > problems > > > on niche architectures like alpha, while the syscall_get_arch() part is > > > straightforward, so I decided to split it out into a separate patchset > > > that > > > just prepares syscall_get_arch() for PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO: it adds > > > syscall_get_arch() to those architectures that haven't implemented it yet, > > > and then adds "struct task_struct *" argument to syscall_get_arch() > > > on all architectures. > > > > Glad to see syscall_get_arch() added to the remaining arches. As Paul > > said, it gets us closer to auditing syscalls on those remaining > > unsupported arches and getting rid of the extra CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL. > > A little ironic that Eric (Paris) and I purged task_struct from > > syscall_get_arch() 5 years ago since everything could use current. > > > > > All patches from this patchset have been already reviewed, so it's ready > > > to be merged without waiting for the ptrace-specific part. As it's all > > > about syscall_get_arch(), it should probably go via audit tree. > > > > ACK. > > > > Thanks Dmitry. > > Thanks. > Please let me know if some action related to this patch series is expected > from me. > > > > Dmitry V. Levin (14): > > > Move EM_ARCOMPACT and EM_ARCV2 to uapi/linux/elf-em.h > > > arc: define syscall_get_arch() > > > c6x: define syscall_get_arch() > > > h8300: define syscall_get_arch() > > > Move EM_HEXAGON to uapi/linux/elf-em.h > > > hexagon: define syscall_get_arch() > > > m68k: define syscall_get_arch() > > > Move EM_NDS32 to uapi/linux/elf-em.h > > > nds32: define syscall_get_arch() > > > nios2: define syscall_get_arch() > > > riscv: define syscall_get_arch() > > > Move EM_UNICORE to uapi/linux/elf-em.h > > > unicore32: define syscall_get_arch() > > > syscall_get_arch: add "struct task_struct *" argument
This is just a gentle ping of the series which is still applicable to v5.0-rc8 with one exception: "riscv: define syscall_get_arch()" is no longer needed as riscv already has syscall_get_arch() now. -- ldv
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