[tip: core/entry] entry: Use syscall number instead of rereading it
From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Jul 12 2026 - 08:44:21 EST
The following commit has been merged into the core/entry branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 8af25d0a2e465f3cb73c47c605fddd1664ee79b2
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8af25d0a2e465f3cb73c47c605fddd1664ee79b2
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:06:36 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:38:01 +02:00
entry: Use syscall number instead of rereading it
rseq_syscall_enter_work() is invoked before the syscall number can be
modified. So there is no point in rereading it from pt_regs.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Radu Rendec <radu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya (IBM) <mkchauras@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260707190254.181086755@xxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/entry-common.h b/include/linux/entry-common.h
index c0f6464..c837352 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
}
}
-static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work)
+static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long work,
+ long syscall)
{
- long syscall, ret = 0;
+ long ret = 0;
/*
* Handle Syscall User Dispatch. This must comes first, since
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned l
* through hrtimer_interrupt().
*/
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_RSEQ_SLICE)
- rseq_syscall_enter_work(syscall_get_nr(current, regs));
+ rseq_syscall_enter_work(syscall);
/* Handle ptrace */
if (work & (SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE | SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(struct pt_regs *re
unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER)
- syscall = syscall_trace_enter(regs, work);
+ syscall = syscall_trace_enter(regs, work, syscall);
return syscall;
}