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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index 8d79a87c0511..ab9f3f0a8637 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@
extern const unsigned long sys_call_table[];
#endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */
-static inline long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task,
- struct pt_regs *regs)
+static inline int syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- return TRAP(regs) == 0xc00 ? regs->gpr[0] : -1L;
+ /*
+ * Note that we are returning an int here. That means 0xffffffff, ie.
+ * 32-bit negative 1, will be interpreted as -1 on a 64-bit kernel.
+ * This is important for seccomp so that compat tasks can set r0 = -1
+ * to reject the syscall.
+ */
+ return TRAP(regs) == 0xc00 ? regs->gpr[0] : -1;
}
static inline void syscall_rollback(struct task_struct *task,