orig_x0 is recorded at the start of the syscall entry and then it is used for resetting the argument back to its original value during syscall restarts.
If orig_x0 isn't available from user-space, this makes it tricky to manage arguments of restarted system calls. Cc: Keno Fischer <k...@juliacomputing.com> Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <ava...@gmail.com> --- arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h index e58bca832dff..d4cdf98ac003 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/ptrace.h @@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ struct pt_regs { u64 sp; u64 pc; u64 pstate; + u64 orig_x0; }; }; - u64 orig_x0; #ifdef __AARCH64EB__ u32 unused2; s32 syscallno; diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h index 758ae984ff97..3c118c5b0893 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct user_pt_regs { __u64 sp; __u64 pc; __u64 pstate; + __u64 orig_x0; }; struct user_fpsimd_state { -- 2.29.2