Re: [patch V3 07/13] x86/ptrace: Provide pt_regs helpers for entry/exit

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jul 16 2020 - 16:57:59 EST


On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 08:22:15PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> As a preparatory step for moving the syscall and interrupt entry/exit
> handling into generic code, provide pt_regs helpers which allow to:
>
> - Retrieve the syscall number from pt_regs
> - Retrieve the syscall return value from pt_regs
> - Retrieve the interrupt state from pt_regs to check whether interrupts
> are reenabled by return from interrupt/exception.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook