[PATCH v5 24/25] ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 12/10, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
>
> +struct ptrace_syscall_info {
> +	__u8 op;	/* PTRACE_SYSCALL_INFO_* */
> +	__u8 __pad0[3];
> +	__u32 arch;
> +	__u64 instruction_pointer;
> +	__u64 stack_pointer;
> +	__u64 frame_pointer;
> +	union {
> +		struct {
> +			__u64 nr;
> +			__u64 args[6];
> +		} entry;
> +		struct {
> +			__s64 rval;
> +			__u8 is_error;
> +			__u8 __pad1[7];
> +		} exit;
> +		struct {
> +			__u64 nr;
> +			__u64 args[6];
> +			__u32 ret_data;
> +			__u8 __pad2[4];
> +		} seccomp;
> +	};
> +};

Could you explain why ptrace_syscall_info needs __pad{0,1,2} ? I simply can't
understand why...

Otherwise the patch looks good to me. I am not going to discuss the API and
data layout, I am fine with anything which suits user-space needs.

I think the patch is technically correct, feel free to add

Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com>