linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] arch/arm: move secure

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Date:	Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:13:07 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Geremy Condra <gcondra@...gle.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] arch/arm: move secure_computing into trace

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 05:41:20PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> From: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
>>
>> There is very little difference in the TIF_SECCOMP and TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE
>> path in entry-common.S. In order to add support for
>> CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER without mangling the assembly too badly,
>> seccomp was moved into the syscall_trace_enter() handler.
>>
>> Additionally, the return value for secure_computing() is now checked
>> and a -1 value will result in the system call being skipped.
>
> This is too ugly.  Just expand the calls of ptrace_syscall_trace() into
> both callers and do secure_computing() hookup in there.  And for pity

So ad722541 didn't go far enough? It seems like it makes sense to
re-use the code in there.

> sake, would somebody rename the damn thing?  It's *dripping* with
> marketdroidese...

True, but that's been its name since seccomp mode 1. We could rename
it internally, but I think that would make more sense as a separate
patch set.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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