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From: Joe Simmons-Talbott <josimmon@redhat.com>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: Joe Simmons-Talbott <josimmon@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 2/3] aarch64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall.
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:58:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230419135821.4113156-3-josimmon@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230419135821.4113156-1-josimmon@redhat.com>

To make identifying syscalls easier during call tree analysis load the
syscall number just before performing the syscall.

Compiler optimizations can place quite a few instructions between the
setting of the syscall number and the syscall instruction.  During call
tree analysis the number of instructions between the two can lead to
more difficulty for both tools and humans in properly identifying the
syscall number.  Having the syscall number set in the prior instruction
to the syscall instruction makes this task easier and less error prone.
Being able to reliably identify syscalls made by a given API will make
it easier to understand and verify the safety and security of glibc.
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h | 29 ++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h
index e94d1703ad..6fe40aaf89 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h
@@ -168,15 +168,26 @@
 # define HAVE_CLONE3_WRAPPER		1
 
 # undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_RAW
-# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_RAW(name, nr, args...)		\
-  ({ long _sys_result;						\
-     {								\
-       LOAD_ARGS_##nr (args)					\
-       register long _x8 asm ("x8") = (name);			\
-       asm volatile ("svc	0	// syscall " # name     \
-		     : "=r" (_x0) : "r"(_x8) ASM_ARGS_##nr : "memory");	\
-       _sys_result = _x0;					\
-     }								\
+# define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_RAW(name, nr, args...)			\
+  ({ long _sys_result;							\
+     {									\
+       LOAD_ARGS_##nr (args)						\
+       if (__builtin_constant_p(name))					\
+         asm volatile ("mov	x8, %1	// syscall " # name "\n"	\
+		       "svc	0"					\
+                       : "=r" (_x0)					\
+		       : "i" (name) ASM_ARGS_##nr			\
+		       : "x8", "memory");				\
+       else								\
+         {								\
+           register long _x8 asm ("x8") = (name);			\
+           asm volatile ("svc	0\n\t"					\
+		         : "=r" (_x0)					\
+		         : "r"(_x8) ASM_ARGS_##nr			\
+		         : "memory");					\
+         }								\
+       _sys_result = _x0;						\
+     }									\
      _sys_result; })
 
 # undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL
-- 
2.39.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-04-19 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-11 13:30 [PATCH 0/2] x86_64: aarch64: Set call number just before syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-11 13:30 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86_64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 22:35   ` Noah Goldstein
2023-04-17 22:36     ` Noah Goldstein
2023-04-11 13:30 ` [PATCH 2/2] aarch64: " Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-11 13:50   ` Florian Weimer
2023-04-11 14:15     ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2023-04-11 15:43       ` Szabolcs Nagy
2023-04-11 16:03       ` Florian Weimer
2023-04-11 16:39         ` Adhemerval Zanella Netto
2023-04-12 15:27           ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-12 21:11 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] x86_64: aarch64: Set call number just before syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-12 21:11   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86_64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-12 21:11   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] aarch64: " Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 15:34 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] x86_64: aarch64: Set call number just before syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 15:34   ` [PATCH v3 1/2] x86_64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 15:54     ` H.J. Lu
2023-04-17 16:00       ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 18:38         ` H.J. Lu
2023-04-17 15:34   ` [PATCH v3 2/2] aarch64: " Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 21:20 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] x86_64: aarch64: Set call number just before syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 21:20   ` [PATCH v4 1/2] x86_64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-17 21:20   ` [PATCH v4 2/2] aarch64: " Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-18 12:57     ` Szabolcs Nagy
2023-04-18 19:33       ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-19 13:58 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] x86_64: aarch64: Set call number just before syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-19 13:58   ` [PATCH v5 1/3] x86_64: Set the syscall register right before doing the syscall Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-19 15:35     ` H.J. Lu
2023-04-19 15:48       ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-19 13:58   ` Joe Simmons-Talbott [this message]
2023-04-19 14:56     ` [PATCH v5 2/3] aarch64: " Szabolcs Nagy
2023-04-19 15:21       ` Joe Simmons-Talbott
2023-04-19 13:58   ` [PATCH v5 3/3] nptl: Use direct syscall numbers in setxid Joe Simmons-Talbott

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