[tip: core/entry] entry: Make return type of syscall_trace_enter() bool

From: tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 14:44:53 EST


The following commit has been merged into the core/entry branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 71ff30013f19ca46c2c72c25731c32b6cc7b5620
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/71ff30013f19ca46c2c72c25731c32b6cc7b5620
Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:25:27 +02:00
Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:38:40 +02:00

entry: Make return type of syscall_trace_enter() bool

This prepares for changing the return types of
syscall_enter_from_user_mode[_work]() to bool, which in turn separates the
decision of invoking the syscall from the syscall number, which might have
been changed in the call by ptrace, seccomp, tracing.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260712141346.699072205@xxxxxxxxxx
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/entry-common.h b/include/linux/entry-common.h
index 38d1484..df221d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned l
*/
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) {
if (syscall_user_dispatch(regs))
- return -1L;
+ return false;
}

/*
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned l
if (work & (SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACE | SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
if (!arch_ptrace_report_syscall_permit_entry(regs) ||
(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_EMU))
- return -1L;
+ return false;

/* ptrace might have changed work flags */
work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned l
/* Do seccomp after ptrace, to catch any tracer changes. */
if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_SECCOMP) {
if (!__seccomp_permit_syscall())
- return -1L;
+ return false;
}

if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned l
if (unlikely(audit_context()))
syscall_enter_audit(regs);

- /* Either of the above might have changed the syscall number */
- return syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+ return true;
}

/**
@@ -136,8 +135,13 @@ 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);
+ if (work & SYSCALL_WORK_ENTER) {
+ if (!syscall_trace_enter(regs, work, syscall))
+ return -1L;
+
+ /* Reread the syscall number as it might have been modified */
+ syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
+ }

return syscall;
}