Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/ptrace: replace ptrace_report_syscall() with a tracehook call

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Fri Nov 16 2018 - 07:42:30 EST


Elvira Khabirova <lineprinter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Arch code should use tracehook_*() helpers, as documented
> in include/linux/tracehook.h.

Thanks.

It probably also should have a comment explaining why we're ignoring the
return value and why that's OK.

cheers

> Fixes: 5521eb4bca2d ("powerpc/ptrace: Add support for PTRACE_SYSEMU")
> Signed-off-by: Elvira Khabirova <lineprinter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> index afb819f4ca68..d79d907f9acc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
> @@ -3266,7 +3266,7 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
> user_exit();
>
> if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)) {
> - ptrace_report_syscall(regs);
> + (void) tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs);
> /*
> * Returning -1 will skip the syscall execution. We want to
> * avoid clobbering any register also, thus, not 'gotoing'
> --
> 2.19.1