[PATCH v17 06/15] arm64: syscall: Rework the syscall exit path in el0_svc_common()

From: Jinjie Ruan

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 04:23:09 EST


In preparation for moving arm64 over to the generic entry,
invert the nested conditional flags check within el0_svc_common().

No functional changes.

Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ada Couprie Diaz <ada.coupriediaz@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
index 3e78e159b2a1..b8d7d29a431b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ static void el0_svc_common(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno, int sc_nr,
*/
if (!has_syscall_work(flags) && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_RSEQ)) {
flags = read_thread_flags();
- if (!has_syscall_work(flags) && !(flags & _TIF_SINGLESTEP))
- return;
+ if (has_syscall_work(flags) || flags & _TIF_SINGLESTEP)
+ syscall_trace_exit(regs);
+ return;
}

trace_exit:
--
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