[PATCH v9 03/16] arm64/ptrace: Return early for ptrace_report_syscall_entry() error

From: Jinjie Ruan

Date: Thu Dec 04 2025 - 03:21:53 EST


The generic entry abort the syscall_trace_enter() sequence if
ptrace_report_syscall_entry() errors out, but arm64 not.

As the ptrace_report_syscall_entry() comment said, the calling arch code
should abort the system call and must prevent normal entry so no system
call is made if ptrace_report_syscall_entry() return nonzero.

In preparation for moving arm64 over to the generic entry code,
return early if ptrace_report_syscall_entry() encounters an error.

Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 4532e9831856..3926ce6aa268 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -2346,15 +2346,18 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long ptrace_save_reg(struct pt_regs *regs,
return saved_reg;
}

-static void report_syscall_entry(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static int report_syscall_entry(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unsigned long saved_reg;
- int regno;
+ int regno, ret;

saved_reg = ptrace_save_reg(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER, &regno);
- if (ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs))
+ ret = ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs);
+ if (ret)
forget_syscall(regs);
regs->regs[regno] = saved_reg;
+
+ return ret;
}

static void report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -2381,10 +2384,11 @@ static void report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unsigned long flags = read_thread_flags();
+ int ret;

if (flags & (_TIF_SYSCALL_EMU | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)) {
- report_syscall_entry(regs);
- if (flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)
+ ret = report_syscall_entry(regs);
+ if (ret || (flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU))
return NO_SYSCALL;
}

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2.34.1