linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] seccomp: add "seccomp" syscall

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 14:53:37 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Julien Tinnes <jln@...omium.org>,
	David Drysdale <drysdale@...gle.com>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 6/9] seccomp: add "seccomp" syscall

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> This adds the new "seccomp" syscall with both an "operation" and "flags"
>> parameter for future expansion. The third argument is a pointer value,
>> used with the SECCOMP_SET_MODE_FILTER operation. Currently, flags must
>> be 0. This is functionally equivalent to prctl(PR_SET_SECCOMP, ...).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> Cc: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
>> ---
>> diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
>> index b0881a0ed322..1713977ee26f 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
>> @@ -866,4 +866,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_process_vm_writev(pid_t pid,
>>  asmlinkage long sys_kcmp(pid_t pid1, pid_t pid2, int type,
>>                          unsigned long idx1, unsigned long idx2);
>>  asmlinkage long sys_finit_module(int fd, const char __user *uargs, int flags);
>> +asmlinkage long sys_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags,
>> +                           const char __user *uargs);
>
> It looks odd to add 'flags' argument to syscall that is not even used.

FWIW, "flags" is given use in the next patch to support the tsync option.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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