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+/*
+ * Access to user system call parameters and results
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
+ * modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
+ * of the GNU General Public License v.2.
+ *
+ * This file is a stub providing documentation for what functions
+ * asm-ARCH/syscall.h files need to define. Most arch definitions
+ * will be simple inlines.
+ *
+ * All of these functions expect to be called with no locks,
+ * and only when the caller is sure that the task of interest
+ * cannot return to user mode while we are looking at it.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_SYSCALL_H
+#define _ASM_SYSCALL_H 1
+
+struct task_struct;
+struct pt_regs;
+
+/**
+ * syscall_get_nr - find what system call a task is executing
+ * @task: task of interest, must be blocked
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ *
+ * If @task is executing a system call or is at system call
+ * tracing about to attempt one, returns the system call number.
+ * If @task is not executing a system call, i.e. it's blocked
+ * inside the kernel for a fault or signal, returns -1.
+ *
+ * Note this returns int even on 64-bit machines. Only 32 bits of
+ * system call number can be meaningful. If the actual arch value
+ * is 64 bits, this truncates to 32 bits so 0xffffffff means -1.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is known to be blocked.
+ */
+int syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_rollback - roll back registers after an aborted system call
+ * @task: task of interest, must be in system call exit tracing
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for system
+ * call exit tracing (due to TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT),
+ * after tracehook_report_syscall_entry() returned nonzero to prevent
+ * the system call from taking place.
+ *
+ * This rolls back the register state in @regs so it's as if the
+ * system call instruction was a no-op. The registers containing
+ * the system call number and arguments are as they were before the
+ * system call instruction. This may not be the same as what the
+ * register state looked like at system call entry tracing.
+ */
+void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_get_error - check result of traced system call
+ * @task: task of interest, must be blocked
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the system call succeeded, or -ERRORCODE if it failed.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
+ * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
+ */
+long syscall_get_error(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_get_return_value - get the return value of a traced system call
+ * @task: task of interest, must be blocked
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ *
+ * Returns the return value of the successful system call.
+ * This value is meaningless if syscall_get_error() returned nonzero.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
+ * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
+ */
+long syscall_get_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_set_return_value - change the return value of a traced system call
+ * @task: task of interest, must be blocked
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ * @error: negative error code, or zero to indicate success
+ * @val: user return value if @error is zero
+ *
+ * This changes the results of the system call that user mode will see.
+ * If @error is zero, the user sees a successful system call with a
+ * return value of @val. If @error is nonzero, it's a negated errno
+ * code; the user sees a failed system call with this errno code.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on exit
+ * from a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
+ */
+void syscall_set_return_value(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
+ int error, long val);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_get_arguments - extract system call parameter values
+ * @task: task of interest, must be blocked
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ * @i: argument index [0,5]
+ * @n: number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
+ * @args: array filled with argument values
+ *
+ * Fetches @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument
+ * (from 0 through 5). Argument @i is stored in @args[0], and so on.
+ * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
+ * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
+ * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
+ * taking up to 6 arguments.
+ */
+void syscall_get_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
+ unsigned int i, unsigned int n, unsigned long *args);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_set_arguments - change system call parameter value
+ * @task: task of interest, must be in system call entry tracing
+ * @regs: task_pt_regs() of @task
+ * @i: argument index [0,5]
+ * @n: number of arguments; n+i must be [1,6].
+ * @args: array of argument values to store
+ *
+ * Changes @n arguments to the system call starting with the @i'th argument.
+ * Argument @i gets value @args[0], and so on.
+ * An arch inline version is probably optimal when @i and @n are constants.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when @task is stopped for tracing on
+ * entry to a system call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE or %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT.
+ * It's invalid to call this with @i + @n > 6; we only support system calls
+ * taking up to 6 arguments.
+ */
+void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
+ unsigned int i, unsigned int n,
+ const unsigned long *args);
+
+/**
+ * syscall_get_arch - return the AUDIT_ARCH for the current system call
+ *
+ * Returns the AUDIT_ARCH_* based on the system call convention in use.
+ *
+ * It's only valid to call this when current is stopped on entry to a system
+ * call, due to %TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE, %TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT, or %TIF_SECCOMP.
+ *
+ * Architectures which permit CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER must
+ * provide an implementation of this.
+ */
+int syscall_get_arch(void);
+#endif /* _ASM_SYSCALL_H */