v11: backout complex compat code, change struct to more generic typing (padding to ensure struct size is the same in 32 compat) update selftest tested selftest on 64 machine and in 32-bit compat mode v10: move refactor code into patch ahead of change add compat support documentation change v9: tglx feedback whitespace documentation of ptrace struct shorten struct name helper function for set_syscall_user_dispatch use task variant of set/clear_syscall_work use task variant of test_syscall_work in getter selftest v8: fix include issue Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> summary: +++ b/kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c + include <linux/ptrace.h> v7: drop ptrace suspend flag, not required hanging unreferenced variable whitespace v6: drop fs/proc/array update, it's not needed drop on_dispatch field exposure in config structure, it's not checkpoint relevant. (Thank you for the reviews Oleg and Andrei) v5: automated test for !defined(GENERIC_ENTRY) failed, fix fs/proc use ifdef for GENERIC_ENTRY || TIF_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH note: syscall user dispatch is not presently supported for non-generic entry, but could be implemented. question is whether the TIF_ define should be carved out now or then v4: Whitespace s/CHECKPOINT_RESTART/CHECKPOINT_RESUME check test_syscall_work(SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH) to determine if it's turned on or not in fs/proc/array and getter interface v3: Kernel test robot static function fix Whitespace nitpicks v2: Implements the getter/setter interface in ptrace rather than prctl Syscall user dispatch makes it possible to cleanly intercept system calls from user-land. However, most transparent checkpoint software presently leverages some combination of ptrace and system call injection to place software in a ready-to-checkpoint state. If Syscall User Dispatch is enabled at the time of being quiesced, injected system calls will subsequently be interposed upon and dispatched to the task's signal handler. Patch summary: - Refactor configuration setting interface to operate on a task rather than current, so the set and error paths can be consolidated - Implement a getter interface for Syscall User Dispatch config info. To resume successfully, the checkpoint/resume software has to save and restore this information. Presently this configuration is write-only, with no way for C/R software to save it. This was done in ptrace because syscall user dispatch is not part of uapi. The syscall_user_dispatch_config structure was added to the ptrace exports. Gregory Price (2): syscall_user_dispatch: helper function to operate on given task ptrace,syscall_user_dispatch: checkpoint/restore support for SUD .../admin-guide/syscall-user-dispatch.rst | 4 + include/linux/syscall_user_dispatch.h | 18 +++++ include/uapi/linux/ptrace.h | 30 ++++++++ kernel/entry/syscall_user_dispatch.c | 63 +++++++++++++-- kernel/ptrace.c | 9 +++ tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/.gitignore | 1 + tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/Makefile | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/get_set_sud.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++ 8 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/ptrace/get_set_sud.c -- 2.39.1