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-rw-r--r--arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
index e351780bb66..584ed95f338 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/file.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/personality.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/ipc.h>
@@ -266,3 +267,22 @@ s390_fadvise64_64(struct fadvise64_64_args __user *args)
return sys_fadvise64_64(a.fd, a.offset, a.len, a.advice);
}
+/*
+ * Do a system call from kernel instead of calling sys_execve so we
+ * end up with proper pt_regs.
+ */
+int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
+{
+ register const char *__arg1 asm("2") = filename;
+ register char *const*__arg2 asm("3") = argv;
+ register char *const*__arg3 asm("4") = envp;
+ register long __svcres asm("2");
+ asm volatile(
+ "svc %b1"
+ : "=d" (__svcres)
+ : "i" (__NR_execve),
+ "0" (__arg1),
+ "d" (__arg2),
+ "d" (__arg3) : "memory");
+ return __svcres;
+}