[PATCH 2/2] x86/asm/entry/32: Shorten __audit_syscall_entry args preparation

[Denys Vlasenko]

We use three MOVs to swap edx and ecx. We can use one XCHG instead.

Expand the comments. It's difficult to keep track which arg# every register
corresponds to, so spell it out.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
index 411407a..d0b6494 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
@@ -178,12 +178,16 @@ sysexit_from_sys_call:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
 	.macro auditsys_entry_common
-	movl	%esi, %r8d		/* 5th arg: 4th syscall arg */
-	movl	%ecx, %r9d		/* swap with edx */
-	movl	%edx, %ecx		/* 4th arg: 3rd syscall arg */
-	movl	%r9d, %edx		/* 3rd arg: 2nd syscall arg */
-	movl	%ebx, %esi		/* 2nd arg: 1st syscall arg */
-	movl	%eax, %edi		/* 1st arg: syscall number */
+	/*
+	 * At this point, registers hold syscall args in 32-bit ABI:
+	 * eax is syscall#, args are in ebx,ecx,edx,esi,edi,ebp.
+	 * Shuffle them to match what __audit_syscall_entry() wants.
+	 */
+	movl	%esi, %r8d		/* arg5 (r8): 4th syscall arg */
+	xchg	%ecx, %edx		/* arg4 (rcx): 3rd syscall arg (edx) */
+					/* arg3 (rdx): 2nd syscall arg (ecx) */
+	movl	%ebx, %esi		/* arg2 (rsi): 1st syscall arg */
+	movl	%eax, %edi		/* arg1 (rdi): syscall number */
 	call	__audit_syscall_entry
 	/*
 	 * We are going to jump back to syscall dispatch.
-- 
1.8.1.4

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