On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 03:00:11PM +0100, Francis Laniel wrote: > Le mardi 10 mai 2022, 11:59:48 BST Will Deacon a écrit : > > On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 04:19:57PM +0100, Francis Laniel wrote: > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h > > > b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h index 73e38d9a540c..e12ceb363d6a > > > 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h > > > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h > > > @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ > > > > > > #include <vdso/processor.h> > > > > > > +#include <asm-generic/unistd.h> > > > + > > > > > > #include <asm/alternative.h> > > > #include <asm/cpufeature.h> > > > #include <asm/hw_breakpoint.h> > > > > > > @@ -250,8 +252,12 @@ void tls_preserve_current_state(void); > > > > > > static inline void start_thread_common(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned > > > long pc) { > > > > > > + s32 previous_syscall = regs->syscallno; > > > > > > memset(regs, 0, sizeof(*regs)); > > > > > > - forget_syscall(regs); > > > + if (previous_syscall == __NR_execve || previous_syscall == > > > __NR_execveat) > > > + regs->syscallno = previous_syscall; > > > + else > > > + forget_syscall(regs); > > > > Hmm, this really looks like a bodge and it doesn't handle the compat case > > either. > > > > How do other architectures handle this? > > My understanding of others architectures is quite limited, but here are my > findings and understanding of some of them: > * arm (32 bits) EABI: start_thread() sets r7 to previous r7 for ELF FDPIC and > to 0 for other binfmts [1]. > * arm (32 bits) OABI: syscall number is set to -1 if > ptrace_report_syscall_entry() failed [2]. > * mips: start_thread() does not modify current_thread_info->syscall which is > taken directly from v0 [3, 4]. > * riscv: start_thread() does not modify a7 [5]. > * x86_64: start_thread_common() does not touch orig_ax which seems to contain > the syscall number [6]. Hmm, so the million dollar question is why on Earth we have that forget_syscall() call to start with. Amusingly I've, err, forgotten; forget_forget_syscall() perhaps? Catalin? It's been there since day one afaict. Will