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Message-ID: <1423643778-32525-3-git-send-email-bogdan.purcareata@freescale.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Feb 2015 08:36:17 +0000
From:	Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@...escale.com>
To:	<benh@...nel.crashing.org>, <paulus@...ba.org>,
	<linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <pmoore@...hat.com>,
	<strosake@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@...escale.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] powerpc: Relax secure computing on syscall entry trace

The secure_computing_strict will just force the kernel to panic on
secure_computing failure. Once SECCOMP_FILTER support is enabled in the kernel,
syscalls can be denied without system failure.

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Purcareata <bogdan.purcareata@...escale.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index d82fd0b..d41faab 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,9 @@ long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 	user_exit();
 
-	secure_computing_strict(regs->gpr[0]);
+	/* Do the secure computing check first; failures should be fast. */
+	if (secure_computing(regs->gpr[0]) == -1)
+		return -1L;
 
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) &&
 	    tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs)) {
-- 
2.1.4

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