Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] alpha: pass pt_regs to audit_syscall_entry()

[Magnus Lindholm]

Hi Ricardo,

On Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> audit_syscall_entry() now takes a pointer to pt_regs and extracts
> the syscall arguments itself via syscall_get_arguments(). Drop the
> individual argument registers from the call and pass regs instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
> index fc8f6cedbb28..8a39c0473297 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -496,8 +496,7 @@ asmlinkage unsigned long syscall_trace_enter(void)
>         }
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
> -       audit_syscall_entry(syscall_get_nr(current, regs),
> -               regs->r16, regs->r17, regs->r18, regs->r19);
> +       audit_syscall_entry(syscall_get_nr(current, regs), regs);
>  #endif
>         return syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
>  }
> --
> 2.55.0
>
This doesn't apply on top of my "alpha: enable GENERIC_ENTRY" series

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-alpha/20260902184058.198679-1-linmag7@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t

That series moves alpha's syscall entry onto the generic entry
framework and removes syscall_trace_enter() and its direct
audit_syscall_entry() call entirely - verified with git am against
GENERIC_ENTRY applied, it fails at exactly this hunk.
You don't need a replacement alpha patch, though. Once GENERIC_ENTRY
lands, alpha's syscall entry goes through
syscall_enter_from_user_mode_randomize_stack(), which already calls
syscall_enter_audit() as part of the shared entry helpers
(include/linux/entry-common.h). I applied patch 1/13 alone on top of
GENERIC_ENTRY and confirmed alpha's entry path already routes through
the updated __audit_syscall_entry() - no alpha-specific code needed.
So for alpha, you can drop this patch in the next revision rather
than rebase it.

Regards
Magnus