xref: /openbmc/linux/include/asm-generic/syscall.h (revision 8569c914)
1 /*
2  * Access to user system call parameters and results
3  *
4  * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
7  * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
8  * of the GNU General Public License v.2.
9  *
10  * This file is a stub providing documentation for what functions
11  * asm-ARCH/syscall.h files need to define.  Most arch definitions
12  * will be simple inlines.
13  *
14  * All of these functions expect to be called with no locks,
15  * and only when the caller is sure that the task of interest
16  * cannot return to user mode while we are looking at it.
17  */
18 
19 #ifndef _ASM_SYSCALL_H
20 #define _ASM_SYSCALL_H	1
21 
22 struct task_struct;
23 struct pt_regs;
24 
25 /**
26  * syscall_get_nr - find what system call a task is executing
27  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
28  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
29  *
30  * If @task is executing a system call or is at system call
31  * tracing about to attempt one, returns the system call number.
32  * If @task is not executing a system call, i.e. it's blocked
33  * inside the kernel for a fault or signal, returns -1.
34  *
35  * It's only valid to call this when @task is known to be blocked.
36  */
37 long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
38 
39 /**
40  * syscall_rollback - roll back registers after an aborted system call
41  * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call exit tracing
42  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
43  *
44  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for system
45  * call exit tracing (due to TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),
46  * after tracehook_report_syscall_entry() returned nonzero to prevent
47  * the system call from taking place.
48  *
49  * This rolls back the register state in @regs so it's as if the
50  * system call instruction was a no-op.  The registers containing
51  * the system call number and arguments are as they were before the
52  * system call instruction.  This may not be the same as what the
53  * register state looked like at system call entry tracing.
54  */
55 void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
56 
57 /**
58  * syscall_get_error - check result of traced system call
59  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
60  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
61  *
62  * Returns 0 if the system call succeeded, or -ERRORCODE if it failed.
63  *
64  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
65  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
66  */
67 long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
68 
69 /**
70  * syscall_get_return_value - get the return value of a traced system call
71  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
72  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
73  *
74  * Returns the return value of the successful system call.
75  * This value is meaningless if syscall_get_error() returned nonzero.
76  *
77  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
78  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
79  */
80 long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
81 
82 /**
83  * syscall_set_return_value - change the return value of a traced system call
84  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
85  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
86  * @error:	negative error code, or zero to indicate success
87  * @val:	user return value if @error is zero
88  *
89  * This changes the results of the system call that user mode will see.
90  * If @error is zero, the user sees a successful system call with a
91  * return value of @val.  If @error is nonzero, it's a negated errno
92  * code; the user sees a failed system call with this errno code.
93  *
94  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
95  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
96  */
97 void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
98 			      int error, long val);
99 
100 /**
101  * syscall_get_arguments - extract system call parameter values
102  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
103  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
104  * @i:		argument index [0,5]
105  * @n:		number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
106  * @args:	array filled with argument values
107  *
108  * Fetches @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument
109  * (from 0 through 5).  Argument @i is stored in @args[0], and so on.
110  * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
111  *
112  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
113  * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
114  * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
115  * taking up to 6 arguments.
116  */
117 void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
118 			   unsigned int i, unsigned int n, unsigned long *args);
119 
120 /**
121  * syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
122  * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
123  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
124  * @i:		argument index [0,5]
125  * @n:		number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
126  * @args:	array of argument values to store
127  *
128  * Changes @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument.
129  * Argument @i gets value @args[0], and so on.
130  * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
131  *
132  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
133  * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
134  * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
135  * taking up to 6 arguments.
136  */
137 void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
138 			   unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
139 			   const unsigned long *args);
140 
141 #endif	/* _ASM_SYSCALL_H */
142