linux-kernel - Re: Fwd: arch/ && tracehook_report_syscall

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20090429191744.DA422FC3BF@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:17:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, chris@...kel.net,
	cooloney@...nel.org, deller@....de, geert@...ux-m68k.org,
	gerg@...inux.org, hskinnemoen@...el.com, jdike@...toit.com,
	jesper.nilsson@...s.com, kyle@...artin.ca, linux@....linux.org.uk,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, rth@...ddle.net, starvik@...s.com,
	takata@...ux-m32r.org, ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp,
	zippel@...ux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: arch/ && tracehook_report_syscall_xxx()

Christoph has already poked everyone, I believe.

> it would be really nice to turn it into something like
> 
> 	asmlinkage void
> 	syscall_trace(int entryexit)

We recommend replacing this with separate entry/exit paths from the
assembly code, if you are changing arch code anyway.


Thanks,
Roland
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/