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From: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
To: richard.henderson@linaro.org, mattst88@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linmag7@gmail.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] alpha: report syscall errors correctly to audit
Date: Tue,  3 Nov 2026 22:35:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103214120.1099893-3-linmag7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103214120.1099893-1-linmag7@gmail.com>

Use a3 to distinguish errors from successful return values and negate
error codes for audit. Failed syscalls otherwise appear successful with
a positive errno. Keep raw r0 for kernel-mode frames.

Fixes: a9302e843944 ("alpha: Enable system-call auditing support.")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
 arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
index 45d1229344b6f848eb930917bf50ba759da99beb..c933c8805eedd91e3845bb4b46588974258398c2 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -21,9 +21,18 @@
 	(current_thread_info()->syscall_meta \
 	|= ALPHA_SYSCALL_META_FORCE_SUCCESS)
 
-static inline unsigned long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
+#define is_syscall_success is_syscall_success
+static inline int is_syscall_success(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	return regs->r0;
+	return !regs->r19;
+}
+
+static inline long regs_return_value(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	/* For user-mode registers, a3 is an error flag only at syscall exit. */
+	if (is_syscall_success(regs) || !user_mode(regs))
+		return regs->r0;
+	return -regs->r0;
 }
 
 unsigned long user_stack_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-03 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-03 21:35 [PATCH 00/14] alpha: fix entry bugs and consolidate generic helpers Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 01/14] alpha: fix saved registers in page-fault oops dumps Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` Magnus Lindholm [this message]
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 03/14] alpha: preserve rolled-back registers for SIGSYS Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 04/14] alpha: fix syscall restart eligibility Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 05/14] alpha: distinguish skipped syscalls from invalid numbers Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 06/14] alpha: dispatch system calls from C Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 07/14] alpha: use generic entry helpers for interrupts and exceptions Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 08/14] alpha: use generic syscall exit for new tasks Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 09/14] alpha: remove obsolete core dump register hooks Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 10/14] alpha: use generic syscall audit classification Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 11/14] alpha: use generic ptrace memory writes Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 12/14] alpha: use memparse for memory size options Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 13/14] alpha: use generic getrusage for OSF resource accounting Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-03 21:35 ` [PATCH 14/14] alpha: use generic CPU device registration Magnus Lindholm

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