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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


  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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