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[S390] ptrace: fix return value of do_syscall_trace_enter()

strace may change the system call number, so regs->gprs[2] must not
be read before tracehook_report_syscall_entry(). This fixes a bug
where "strace -f" will hang after a vfork().

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Gerald Schaefer 15 years ago
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545c174d1f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 3 deletions
  1. 2 3
      arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c

+ 2 - 3
arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c

@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ long compat_arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, compat_long_t request,
 
 asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	long ret;
+	long ret = 0;
 
 	/* Do the secure computing check first. */
 	secure_computing(regs->gprs[2]);
@@ -649,7 +649,6 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * The sysc_tracesys code in entry.S stored the system
 	 * call number to gprs[2].
 	 */
-	ret = regs->gprs[2];
 	if (test_thread_flag(TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE) &&
 	    (tracehook_report_syscall_entry(regs) ||
 	     regs->gprs[2] >= NR_syscalls)) {
@@ -671,7 +670,7 @@ asmlinkage long do_syscall_trace_enter(struct pt_regs *regs)
 				    regs->gprs[2], regs->orig_gpr2,
 				    regs->gprs[3], regs->gprs[4],
 				    regs->gprs[5]);
-	return ret;
+	return ret ?: regs->gprs[2];
 }
 
 asmlinkage void do_syscall_trace_exit(struct pt_regs *regs)