On tracehook-friendly platforms, a system call number of -1 falls
through without running much code or taking much action.
ARM is different. This adds a short-circuit check in the trace path to
avoid any additional work, as suggested by Russell King, to make sure
that ARM behaves the same way as other platforms.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
---
arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 8355d4b..0bef977 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -448,7 +448,10 @@ __sys_trace:
ldmccia r1, {r0 - r6} @ have to reload r0 - r6
stmccia sp, {r4, r5} @ and update the stack args
ldrcc pc, [tbl, scno, lsl #2] @ call sys_* routine
- b 2b
+ cmp scno, #-1 @ skip the syscall?
+ bne 2b
+ add sp, sp, #S_OFF @ restore stack
+ b ret_slow_syscall
__sys_trace_return:
str r0, [sp, #S_R0 + S_OFF]! @ save returned r0
--
1.7.9.5
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