Re: [PATCH 00/14] Prepare syscall_get_arch for PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO

From: Dmitry V. Levin
Date: Fri Feb 08 2019 - 17:22:26 EST


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
> >
> > arch/alpha/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/arc/include/asm/elf.h | 6 +-----
> > arch/arc/include/asm/syscall.h | 11 +++++++++++
> > arch/arm/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/syscall.h | 4 ++--
> > arch/c6x/include/asm/syscall.h | 7 +++++++
> > arch/csky/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/h8300/include/asm/syscall.h | 6 ++++++
> > arch/hexagon/include/asm/elf.h | 6 +-----
> > arch/hexagon/include/asm/syscall.h | 8 ++++++++
> > arch/ia64/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/m68k/include/asm/syscall.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> > arch/microblaze/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/mips/include/asm/syscall.h | 6 +++---
> > arch/mips/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
> > arch/nds32/include/asm/elf.h | 3 +--
> > arch/nds32/include/asm/syscall.h | 9 +++++++++
> > arch/nios2/include/asm/syscall.h | 6 ++++++
> > arch/openrisc/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/parisc/include/asm/syscall.h | 4 ++--
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h | 10 ++++++++--
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h | 4 ++--
> > arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_32.h | 2 +-
> > arch/sh/include/asm/syscall_64.h | 2 +-
> > arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h | 5 +++--
> > arch/unicore32/include/asm/elf.h | 3 +--
> > arch/unicore32/include/asm/syscall.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/include/asm/syscall.h | 8 +++++---
> > arch/x86/um/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h | 2 +-
> > include/asm-generic/syscall.h | 5 +++--
> > include/uapi/linux/audit.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > include/uapi/linux/elf-em.h | 6 ++++++
> > kernel/auditsc.c | 4 ++--
> > kernel/seccomp.c | 4 ++--
> > 36 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 arch/m68k/include/asm/syscall.h
> > create mode 100644 arch/unicore32/include/asm/syscall.h

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