The generic syscall entry code has the form:

| syscall_trace_enter()
| {
|	ptrace_report_syscall_entry()
| }
|
| syscall_exit_work()
| {
|	ptrace_report_syscall_exit()
| }

In preparation for moving arm64 over to the generic entry code, split
report_syscall() to two separate enter and exit functions to align
the structure of the arm64 code with syscall_trace_enter() and
syscall_exit_work() from the generic entry code.

No functional changes.

Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
---
v8:
- report_syscall_enter() -> report_syscall_entry().
- Add ptrace_save_reg() helper.
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
index 4b001121c72d..abc5baa29cc9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -2317,9 +2317,10 @@ enum ptrace_syscall_dir {
 	PTRACE_SYSCALL_EXIT,
 };
 
-static void report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, enum ptrace_syscall_dir dir)
+static inline unsigned long ptrace_save_reg(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					    enum ptrace_syscall_dir dir,
+					    int *regno)
 {
-	int regno;
 	unsigned long saved_reg;
 
 	/*
@@ -2338,15 +2339,31 @@ static void report_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, enum ptrace_syscall_dir dir)
 	 * - Syscall stops behave differently to seccomp and pseudo-step traps
 	 *   (the latter do not nobble any registers).
 	 */
-	regno = (is_compat_task() ? 12 : 7);
-	saved_reg = regs->regs[regno];
-	regs->regs[regno] = dir;
+	*regno = (is_compat_task() ? 12 : 7);
+	saved_reg = regs->regs[*regno];
+	regs->regs[*regno] = dir;
 
-	if (dir == PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER) {
-		if (ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs))
-			forget_syscall(regs);
-		regs->regs[regno] = saved_reg;
-	} else if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP)) {
+	return saved_reg;
+}
+
+static void report_syscall_entry(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long saved_reg;
+	int regno;
+
+	saved_reg = ptrace_save_reg(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER, &regno);
+	if (ptrace_report_syscall_entry(regs))
+		forget_syscall(regs);
+	regs->regs[regno] = saved_reg;
+}
+
+static void report_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	unsigned long saved_reg;
+	int regno;
+
+	saved_reg = ptrace_save_reg(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_EXIT, &regno);
+	if (!test_thread_flag(TIF_SINGLESTEP)) {
 		ptrace_report_syscall_exit(regs, 0);
 		regs->regs[regno] = saved_reg;
 	} else {
@@ -2366,7 +2383,7 @@ int syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long flags = read_thread_flags();
 
 	if (flags & (_TIF_SYSCALL_EMU | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)) {
-		report_syscall(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_ENTER);
+		report_syscall_entry(regs);
 		if (flags & _TIF_SYSCALL_EMU)
 			return NO_SYSCALL;
 	}
@@ -2394,7 +2411,7 @@ void syscall_trace_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		trace_sys_exit(regs, syscall_get_return_value(current, regs));
 
 	if (flags & (_TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE | _TIF_SINGLESTEP))
-		report_syscall(regs, PTRACE_SYSCALL_EXIT);
+		report_syscall_exit(regs);
 
 	rseq_syscall(regs);
 }
-- 
2.34.1

On 26/11/2025 08:14, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
> The generic syscall entry code has the form:
>
> | syscall_trace_enter()
> | {
> |	ptrace_report_syscall_entry()
> | }
> |
> | syscall_exit_work()
> | {
> |	ptrace_report_syscall_exit()
> | }
>
> In preparation for moving arm64 over to the generic entry code, split
> report_syscall() to two separate enter and exit functions to align
> the structure of the arm64 code with syscall_trace_enter() and
> syscall_exit_work() from the generic entry code.
>
> No functional changes.
>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>

Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>