Add a C wrapper for prctl [BZ #25896]

Add a C wrapper to pass arguments in

/* Control process execution.  */
extern int prctl (int __option, ...) __THROW;

to prctl syscall:

extern int prctl (int, unsigned long int, unsigned long int,
		  unsigned long int, unsigned long int);

(cherry picked from commit ff026950e280bc3e9487b41b460fb31bc5b57721)
(cherry picked from commit 18fdba553dd9b907e9812b90d2cea593f776058f)

4 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/sys/prctl.h b/include/sys/prctl.h
index 0920ed642b..d33f3a290e 100644
--- a/include/sys/prctl.h
+++ b/include/sys/prctl.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # ifndef _ISOMAC
 
 extern int __prctl (int __option, ...);
+libc_hidden_proto (__prctl)
 
 # endif /* !_ISOMAC */
 #endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
index 62f1642732..5fbde369c3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ sysdep_routines += adjtimex clone umount umount2 readahead \
 		   eventfd eventfd_read eventfd_write prlimit \
 		   personality epoll_wait tee vmsplice splice \
 		   open_by_handle_at mlock2 pkey_mprotect pkey_set pkey_get \
+		   prctl \
 		   process_vm_readv process_vm_writev
 
 CFLAGS-gethostid.c = -fexceptions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/prctl.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/prctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5725f14cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/prctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* prctl - Linux specific syscall.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+/* Unconditionally read all potential arguments.  This may pass
+   garbage values to the kernel, but avoids the need for teaching
+   glibc the argument counts of individual options (including ones
+   that are added to the kernel in the future).  */
+
+int
+__prctl (int option, ...)
+{
+  va_list arg;
+  va_start (arg, option);
+  unsigned long int arg2 = va_arg (arg, unsigned long int);
+  unsigned long int arg3 = va_arg (arg, unsigned long int);
+  unsigned long int arg4 = va_arg (arg, unsigned long int);
+  unsigned long int arg5 = va_arg (arg, unsigned long int);
+  va_end (arg);
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (prctl, option, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+}
+
+libc_hidden_def (__prctl)
+weak_alias (__prctl, prctl)
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
index 5bb66d5481..52e6dafc86 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ nfsservctl	EXTRA	nfsservctl	i:ipp	__compat_nfsservctl	nfsservctl@GLIBC_2.0:GLIBC
 pipe		-	pipe		i:f	__pipe		pipe
 pipe2		-	pipe2		i:fi	__pipe2		pipe2
 pivot_root	EXTRA	pivot_root	i:ss	pivot_root
-prctl		EXTRA	prctl		i:iiiii	__prctl		prctl
 query_module	EXTRA	query_module	i:sipip	__compat_query_module	query_module@GLIBC_2.0:GLIBC_2.23
 quotactl	EXTRA	quotactl	i:isip	quotactl
 remap_file_pages -	remap_file_pages i:pUiUi	__remap_file_pages remap_file_pages