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1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
2 /*
3  * Access to user system call parameters and results
4  *
5  * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc.  All rights reserved.
6  *
7  * This file is a stub providing documentation for what functions
8  * asm-ARCH/syscall.h files need to define.  Most arch definitions
9  * will be simple inlines.
10  *
11  * All of these functions expect to be called with no locks,
12  * and only when the caller is sure that the task of interest
13  * cannot return to user mode while we are looking at it.
14  */
15 
16 #ifndef _ASM_SYSCALL_H
17 #define _ASM_SYSCALL_H	1
18 
19 struct task_struct;
20 struct pt_regs;
21 
22 /**
23  * syscall_get_nr - find what system call a task is executing
24  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
25  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
26  *
27  * If @task is executing a system call or is at system call
28  * tracing about to attempt one, returns the system call number.
29  * If @task is not executing a system call, i.e. it's blocked
30  * inside the kernel for a fault or signal, returns -1.
31  *
32  * Note this returns int even on 64-bit machines.  Only 32 bits of
33  * system call number can be meaningful.  If the actual arch value
34  * is 64 bits, this truncates to 32 bits so 0xffffffff means -1.
35  *
36  * It's only valid to call this when @task is known to be blocked.
37  */
38 int syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
39 
40 /**
41  * syscall_rollback - roll back registers after an aborted system call
42  * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call exit tracing
43  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
44  *
45  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for system
46  * call exit tracing (due to TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),
47  * after tracehook_report_syscall_entry() returned nonzero to prevent
48  * the system call from taking place.
49  *
50  * This rolls back the register state in @regs so it's as if the
51  * system call instruction was a no-op.  The registers containing
52  * the system call number and arguments are as they were before the
53  * system call instruction.  This may not be the same as what the
54  * register state looked like at system call entry tracing.
55  */
56 void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
57 
58 /**
59  * syscall_get_error - check result of traced system call
60  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
61  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
62  *
63  * Returns 0 if the system call succeeded, or -ERRORCODE if it failed.
64  *
65  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
66  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
67  */
68 long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
69 
70 /**
71  * syscall_get_return_value - get the return value of a traced system call
72  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
73  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
74  *
75  * Returns the return value of the successful system call.
76  * This value is meaningless if syscall_get_error() returned nonzero.
77  *
78  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
79  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
80  */
81 long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
82 
83 /**
84  * syscall_set_return_value - change the return value of a traced system call
85  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
86  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
87  * @error:	negative error code, or zero to indicate success
88  * @val:	user return value if @error is zero
89  *
90  * This changes the results of the system call that user mode will see.
91  * If @error is zero, the user sees a successful system call with a
92  * return value of @val.  If @error is nonzero, it's a negated errno
93  * code; the user sees a failed system call with this errno code.
94  *
95  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
96  * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
97  */
98 void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
99 			      int error, long val);
100 
101 /**
102  * syscall_get_arguments - extract system call parameter values
103  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
104  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
105  * @args:	array filled with argument values
106  *
107  * Fetches 6 arguments to the system call.  First argument is stored in
108 *  @args[0], and so on.
109  *
110  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
111  * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
112  */
113 void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
114 			   unsigned long *args);
115 
116 /**
117  * syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
118  * @task:	task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
119  * @regs:	task_pt_regs() of @task
120  * @args:	array of argument values to store
121  *
122  * Changes 6 arguments to the system call.
123  * The first argument gets value @args[0], and so on.
124  *
125  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
126  * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
127  */
128 void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
129 			   const unsigned long *args);
130 
131 /**
132  * syscall_get_arch - return the AUDIT_ARCH for the current system call
133  * @task:	task of interest, must be blocked
134  *
135  * Returns the AUDIT_ARCH_* based on the system call convention in use.
136  *
137  * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped on entry to a system
138  * call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE, %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT, or %TIF_SECCOMP.
139  *
140  * Architectures which permit CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER must
141  * provide an implementation of this.
142  */
143 int syscall_get_arch(struct task_struct *task);
144 #endif	/* _ASM_SYSCALL_H */
145