[PATCH 26/31] gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S: Refactor new SYSCALL macro

Pedro Alves
2022-12-12T20:34:33Z

Refactor the syscall assembly code in gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S
behind a SYSCALL macro so that it's easy to add new syscalls without
duplicating code.

Note that the way the macro is implemented, it only works correctly
for syscalls with up to 3 arguments, and, if the syscall doesn't
return (the macro doesn't bother to save/restore callee-saved
registers).

The following patch will want to use the macro to define a wrapper for
the "exit" syscall, so the limitations continue to be sufficient.

Change-Id: I8acf1463b11a084d6b4579aaffb49b5d0dea3bba
---
gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S b/gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S
index 7f06f9c398b..6fb53624f31 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/my-syscalls.S
@@ -21,38 +21,52 @@

#include <asm/unistd.h>

-/* int my_execve (const char *file, char *argv[], char *envp[]); */
-
-.global my_execve
-my_execve:
+/* The SYSCALL macro below current supports calling syscalls with up
+ to 3 arguments, and, assumes the syscall never returns, like exec
+ and exit. If you need to call syscalls with more arguments or you
+ need to call syscalls that actually return, you'll need to update
+ the macros. We don't bother with optimizing setting up fewer
+ arguments for syscalls that take fewer arguments, as we're not
+ optimizating for speed or space, but for maintainability. */

#if defined(__x86_64__)

- mov $__NR_execve, %rax
- /* rdi, rsi and rdx already contain the right arguments. */
-my_execve_syscall:
- syscall
- ret
+#define SYSCALL(NAME, NR) \
+.global NAME ;\
+NAME: ;\
+ mov $NR, %rax ;\
+ /* rdi, rsi and rdx already contain the right arguments. */ \
+NAME ## _syscall: ;\
+ syscall ;\
+ ret ;

#elif defined(__i386__)

- mov $__NR_execve, %eax
- mov 4(%esp), %ebx
- mov 8(%esp), %ecx
- mov 12(%esp), %edx
-my_execve_syscall:
- int $0x80
+#define SYSCALL(NAME, NR) \
+.global NAME ;\
+NAME: ;\
+ mov $NR, %eax ;\
+ mov 4(%esp), %ebx ;\
+ mov 8(%esp), %ecx ;\
+ mov 12(%esp), %edx ;\
+NAME ## _syscall: ;\
+ int $0x80 ;\
ret

#elif defined(__aarch64__)

- mov x8, #__NR_execve
- /* x0, x1 and x2 already contain the right arguments. */
-my_execve_syscall:
+#define SYSCALL(NAME, NR) \
+.global NAME ;\
+NAME: ;\
+ mov x8, NR ;\
+ /* x0, x1 and x2 already contain the right arguments. */ \
+NAME ## _syscall: ;\
svc #0

#else
# error "Unsupported architecture"
#endif

+SYSCALL (my_execve, __NR_execve)
+
.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
--
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