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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	dave.martin@arm.com, james.morse@arm.com,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, will.deacon@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/18] arm64: convert raw syscall invocation to C
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 09:18:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180515081839.aenqaruro5me42av@salmiak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180514180029.GA23250@light.dominikbrodowski.net>

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 08:00:29PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > +static void __invoke_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, syscall_fn_t syscall_fn)
> > +{
> > +	regs->regs[0] = syscall_fn(regs->regs[0], regs->regs[1],
> > +				   regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3],
> > +				   regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5]);
> > +}
> 
> Any specific reason to have this in a separate function? This seems to be
> called only from one instance, namely

I wanted to keep the raw syscall invocation logically separate from the syscall
table lookup and ni_syscall fallback, so that it was easier to verify in isolation.

I don't think it's a big deal either way, though.

Thanks,
Mark.

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] arm64: convert raw syscall invocation to C
Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 09:18:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180515081839.aenqaruro5me42av@salmiak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180514180029.GA23250@light.dominikbrodowski.net>

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 08:00:29PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> > +static void __invoke_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, syscall_fn_t syscall_fn)
> > +{
> > +	regs->regs[0] = syscall_fn(regs->regs[0], regs->regs[1],
> > +				   regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3],
> > +				   regs->regs[4], regs->regs[5]);
> > +}
> 
> Any specific reason to have this in a separate function? This seems to be
> called only from one instance, namely

I wanted to keep the raw syscall invocation logically separate from the syscall
table lookup and ni_syscall fallback, so that it was easier to verify in isolation.

I don't think it's a big deal either way, though.

Thanks,
Mark.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-15  8:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 126+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-14  9:46 [PATCH 00/18] arm64: invoke syscalls with pt_regs Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 01/18] arm64: consistently use unsigned long for thread flags Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:57   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:57     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 02/18] arm64: move SCTLR_EL{1,2} assertions to <asm/sysreg.h> Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:00   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:00     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:08     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:08       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:20       ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:20         ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:56         ` Robin Murphy
2018-05-14 11:56           ` Robin Murphy
2018-05-14 12:06           ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:06             ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:41             ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 12:41               ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 13:10               ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 13:10                 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 03/18] arm64: introduce sysreg_clear_set() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:04   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:04     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 04/18] arm64: kill config_sctlr_el1() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:05   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:05     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 05/18] arm64: kill change_cpacr() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:06   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:06     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm64: move sve_user_{enable,disable} to <asm/fpsimd.h> Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` [PATCH 06/18] arm64: move sve_user_{enable, disable} " Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:06   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:06     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-15 10:39     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 10:39       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 12:19       ` Dave Martin
2018-05-15 12:19         ` Dave Martin
2018-05-15 16:33         ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 16:33           ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-16  9:01           ` Dave Martin
2018-05-16  9:01             ` Dave Martin
2018-06-01 10:29             ` Mark Rutland
2018-06-01 10:29               ` Mark Rutland
2018-06-01 10:42               ` Dave Martin
2018-06-01 10:42                 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm64: remove sigreturn wrappers Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:07   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:07     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 08/18] arm64: convert raw syscall invocation to C Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:07   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:07     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:41     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:41       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:53       ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 12:53         ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 20:24       ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-14 20:24         ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15  8:22         ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15  8:22           ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 10:01           ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 10:01             ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 10:13             ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 10:13               ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 18:00   ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-14 18:00     ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15  8:18     ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2018-05-15  8:18       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 09/18] arm64: convert syscall trace logic " Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm64: convert native/compat syscall entry " Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:07   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:07     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:58     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:58       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 14:43       ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 14:43         ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 15:01         ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 15:01           ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 11/18] arm64: zero GPRs upon entry from EL0 Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:07   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:07     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 12/18] kernel: add ksys_personality() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:08   ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:08     ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 12:07   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-14 12:07     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-15  9:56     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15  9:56       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 13/18] kernel: add kcompat_sys_{f,}statfs64() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 17:14   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 17:14     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 20:34     ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-14 20:34       ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15  9:53       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15  9:53         ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15  9:58         ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15  9:58           ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 14/18] arm64: remove in-kernel call to sys_personality() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 15/18] arm64: use {COMPAT,}SYSCALL_DEFINE0 for sigreturn Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm64: use SYSCALL_DEFINE6() for mmap Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm64: convert compat wrappers to C Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:10   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-14 12:10     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-14 12:43     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:43       ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm64: implement syscall wrappers Mark Rutland
2018-05-14  9:46   ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 20:57   ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-14 20:57     ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15  8:37     ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15  8:37       ` Mark Rutland

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