From: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@arm.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will.deacon@arm.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@dominikbrodowski.net,
james.morse@arm.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/18] kernel: add ksys_personality()
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 12:08:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180514110805.GH7753@e103592.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180514094640.27569-13-mark.rutland@arm.com>
On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:46:34AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Using this helper allows us to avoid the in-kernel call to the
> sys_personality() syscall. The ksys_ prefix denotes that this function
> is meant as a drop-in replacement for the syscall. In particular, it
> uses the same calling convention as sys_personality().
>
> This is necessary to enable conversion of arm64's syscall handling to
> use pt_regs wrappers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net>
Reviewed-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@arm.com>
> ---
> include/linux/syscalls.h | 1 +
> kernel/exec_domain.c | 7 ++++++-
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> index 70fcda1a9049..6723ea51ec99 100644
> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
> @@ -1148,6 +1148,7 @@ unsigned long ksys_mmap_pgoff(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
> unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
> unsigned long fd, unsigned long pgoff);
> ssize_t ksys_readahead(int fd, loff_t offset, size_t count);
> +unsigned int ksys_personality(unsigned int personality);
>
> /*
> * The following kernel syscall equivalents are just wrappers to fs-internal
> diff --git a/kernel/exec_domain.c b/kernel/exec_domain.c
> index a5697119290e..4ba2b404cba2 100644
> --- a/kernel/exec_domain.c
> +++ b/kernel/exec_domain.c
> @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int __init proc_execdomains_init(void)
> module_init(proc_execdomains_init);
> #endif
>
> -SYSCALL_DEFINE1(personality, unsigned int, personality)
> +unsigned int ksys_personality(unsigned int personality)
> {
> unsigned int old = current->personality;
>
> @@ -56,3 +56,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(personality, unsigned int, personality)
>
> return old;
> }
> +
> +SYSCALL_DEFINE1(personality, unsigned int, personality)
> +{
> + return ksys_personality(personality);
> +}
> --
> 2.11.0
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-14 11:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 63+ 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 ` [PATCH 01/18] arm64: consistently use unsigned long for thread flags Mark Rutland
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 10:00 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 10:08 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:20 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:56 ` Robin Murphy
2018-05-14 12:06 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:41 ` Dave Martin
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 10:04 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 04/18] arm64: kill config_sctlr_el1() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 10:05 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 05/18] arm64: kill change_cpacr() Mark Rutland
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 11:06 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm64: move sve_user_{enable, disable} " Dave Martin
2018-05-15 10:39 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 12:19 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-15 16:33 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-16 9:01 ` Dave Martin
2018-06-01 10:29 ` Mark Rutland
2018-06-01 10:42 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm64: remove sigreturn wrappers Mark Rutland
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 11:07 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:41 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:53 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 20:24 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 8:22 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-15 10:01 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 10:13 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 18:00 ` Dominik Brodowski
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 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm64: convert native/compat syscall entry " Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:07 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 11:58 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 14:43 ` Dave Martin
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 11:07 ` Dave Martin
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 12/18] kernel: add ksys_personality() Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 11:08 ` Dave Martin [this message]
2018-05-14 12:07 ` Christoph Hellwig
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 17:14 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 20:34 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 9:53 ` Mark Rutland
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 ` [PATCH 15/18] arm64: use {COMPAT,}SYSCALL_DEFINE0 for sigreturn Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm64: use SYSCALL_DEFINE6() for mmap Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm64: convert compat wrappers to C Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 12:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-05-14 12:43 ` Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 9:46 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm64: implement syscall wrappers Mark Rutland
2018-05-14 20:57 ` Dominik Brodowski
2018-05-15 8:37 ` Mark Rutland
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