From: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
To: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@kernel.org>,
"Christian Borntraeger" <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
"Michal Suchánek" <msuchanek@suse.de>,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] s390/syscall: Keep syscall return in extra ptregs member
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:38:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260715133830.2619853-2-svens@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260715133830.2619853-1-svens@linux.ibm.com>
On s390, both syscall number and return value share ptregs::gprs[2].
Before executing the syscall, gpr[2] contains the syscall number,
and after execution it gets the return value assigned.
This is problematic with tracing: When either seccomp or ptrace set
a return value and the syscall number to -1 to skip the syscall, the
return value will be overwritten. If the return value is positive,
it's impossible to determine that the syscall should be skipped.
During conversion to generic entry a PIF_SYSCALL_RET_SET flag was
introduced which is set when syscall_set_return_value() is executed.
Peter Zijlstra proposed in [1] to introduce a new member in ptregs
which keeps the return value and copy this to ptregs::gprs[2] before
exit to userspace instead.
To avoid increasing ptregs size add it to the union which contains
int_parm_long and struct tpi_info as these members are not used during
syscalls.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260703105718.GO751831@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net/
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h | 9 ++++++---
arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h | 5 ++---
arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c | 15 +++------------
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 495e310c3d6d..f39b349da9a7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
#define PIF_SYSCALL 0 /* inside a system call */
#define PIF_PSW_ADDR_ADJUSTED 1 /* psw address has been adjusted */
-#define PIF_SYSCALL_RET_SET 2 /* return value was set via ptrace */
-#define PIF_GUEST_FAULT 3 /* indicates program check in sie64a */
-#define PIF_FTRACE_FULL_REGS 4 /* all register contents valid (ftrace) */
+#define PIF_GUEST_FAULT 2 /* indicates program check in sie64a */
+#define PIF_FTRACE_FULL_REGS 3 /* all register contents valid (ftrace) */
#define _PIF_SYSCALL BIT(PIF_SYSCALL)
#define _PIF_ADDR_PSW_ADJUSTED BIT(PIF_PSW_ADDR_ADJUSTED)
@@ -130,6 +129,10 @@ struct pt_regs {
unsigned int int_parm;
unsigned long int_parm_long;
};
+ struct {
+ unsigned long __unused;
+ unsigned long syscall_ret;
+ };
struct tpi_info tpi_info;
};
unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
index 4271e4169f45..22b6ed20a9ae 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -52,15 +52,14 @@ static inline long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task,
static inline long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return regs->gprs[2];
+ return regs->syscall_ret;
}
static inline void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task,
struct pt_regs *regs,
int error, long val)
{
- set_pt_regs_flag(regs, PIF_SYSCALL_RET_SET);
- regs->gprs[2] = error ? error : val;
+ regs->syscall_ret = error ? error : val;
}
static inline void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c
index 75d5a3cab14e..ce244dceec6d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -117,25 +117,16 @@ void noinstr __do_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, int per_trap)
regs->int_code |= nr;
}
regs->gprs[2] = nr;
+ regs->syscall_ret = -ENOSYS;
if (nr == __NR_restart_syscall && !(current->restart_block.arch_data & 1)) {
regs->psw.addr = current->restart_block.arch_data;
current->restart_block.arch_data = 1;
}
nr = syscall_enter_from_user_mode_work(regs, nr);
- /*
- * In the s390 ptrace ABI, both the syscall number and the return value
- * use gpr2. However, userspace puts the syscall number either in the
- * svc instruction itself, or uses gpr1. To make at least skipping syscalls
- * work, the ptrace code sets PIF_SYSCALL_RET_SET, which is checked here
- * and if set, the syscall will be skipped.
- */
- if (unlikely(test_and_clear_pt_regs_flag(regs, PIF_SYSCALL_RET_SET)))
- goto out;
- regs->gprs[2] = -ENOSYS;
if (likely(nr < NR_syscalls)) {
nr = array_index_nospec(nr, NR_syscalls);
- regs->gprs[2] = sys_call_table[nr](regs);
+ regs->syscall_ret = sys_call_table[nr](regs);
}
-out:
+ regs->gprs[2] = regs->syscall_ret;
syscall_exit_to_user_mode(regs);
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-15 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-15 13:38 [PATCH RFC 0/2] s390: keep syscall number / return value in separate pt_regs members Sven Schnelle
2026-07-15 13:38 ` Sven Schnelle [this message]
2026-07-15 13:38 ` [PATCH 2/2] s390/syscall: Keep syscall number in extra ptregs member Sven Schnelle
2026-07-15 13:59 ` Heiko Carstens
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