[PATCH v13 RESEND 04/14] arm64/ptrace: Use syscall_get_arguments() helper for audit
From: Jinjie Ruan
Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 04:21:11 EST
Extract syscall_enter_audit() helper and use syscall_get_arguments()
to get syscall arguments, matching the generic entry implementation.
The new code:
- Checks audit_context() first to avoid unnecessary memcpy when audit
is not active.
- Uses syscall_get_arguments() helper instead of directly accessing
regs fields.
- Is now exactly equivalent to generic entry's syscall_enter_audit().
No functional changes.
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index d68f872339c7..3cb497b2bd22 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -2408,6 +2408,16 @@ static void report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
}
+static inline void syscall_enter_audit(struct pt_regs *regs, long syscall)
+{
+ if (unlikely(audit_context())) {
+ unsigned long args[6];
+
+ syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, args);
+ audit_syscall_entry(syscall, args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3]);
+ }
+}
+
int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags)
{
long syscall;
@@ -2439,8 +2449,7 @@ int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long flags)
syscall = syscall_get_nr(current, regs);
}
- audit_syscall_entry(syscall, regs->orig_x0, regs->regs[1],
- regs->regs[2], regs->regs[3]);
+ syscall_enter_audit(regs, syscall);
return ret ? : syscall;
}
--
2.34.1