Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754699AbXJLBjE (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:39:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753508AbXJLBiy (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:38:54 -0400 Received: from E23SMTP06.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.175]:51429 "EHLO e23smtp06.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753874AbXJLBix (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:38:53 -0400 Message-ID: <470ECFF7.9040008@au1.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:37:59 +1000 From: Mark Nelson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala Cc: PowerPC dev list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Replace NT_PRXFPREG with ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE #define References: <20071011071558.676463639@au1.ibm.com> <20071011072208.075979098@au1.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3917 Lines: 107 Kumar Gala wrote: > > On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:15 AM, markn@au1.ibm.com wrote: > >> Replace NT_PRXFPREG with ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE in the coredump code which >> allows for more flexibility in the note type for the state of 'extended >> floating point' implementations in coredumps. New note types can now be >> added with an appropriate #define. >> >> #define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE to be NT_PRXFPREG in all current users so >> there's are no change in behaviour. > > Can we make this ELF_CORE_VECREG_TYPE or something that is so coupled to > the x86 specific name? > >> >> Signed-off-by: Mark Nelson >> --- >> arch/ia64/ia32/elfcore32.h | 1 + >> arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c | 1 + >> fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++-- >> include/asm-i386/elf.h | 1 + >> 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> Index: linux/arch/ia64/ia32/elfcore32.h >> =================================================================== >> --- linux.orig/arch/ia64/ia32/elfcore32.h >> +++ linux/arch/ia64/ia32/elfcore32.h >> @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ elf_core_copy_task_fpregs(struct task_st >> } >> >> #define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS 1 >> +#define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE NT_PRXFPREG >> static inline int >> elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(struct task_struct *tsk, elf_fpxregset_t >> *xfpu) >> { >> Index: linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c >> =================================================================== >> --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c >> +++ linux/arch/x86_64/ia32/ia32_binfmt.c >> @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ elf_core_copy_task_fpregs(struct task_st >> } >> >> #define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS 1 >> +#define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE NT_PRXFPREG >> static inline int >> elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(struct task_struct *t, elf_fpxregset_t *xfpu) >> { >> Index: linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c >> =================================================================== >> --- linux.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c >> +++ linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c >> @@ -1446,8 +1446,8 @@ static int elf_dump_thread_status(long s >> >> #ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS >> if (elf_core_copy_task_xfpregs(p, &t->xfpu)) { >> - fill_note(&t->notes[2], "LINUX", NT_PRXFPREG, sizeof(t->xfpu), >> - &t->xfpu); >> + fill_note(&t->notes[2], "LINUX", ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE, >> + sizeof(t->xfpu), &t->xfpu); >> t->num_notes++; >> sz += notesize(&t->notes[2]); >> } > > You've only fixed up one of 4 NT_PRXFPREG uses in the kernel. Ooops... Right you are - very good pickup :) Fixed in a new version (will send promptly). Thanks! Mark. > > Also, I'm not a fan of your proposed mechanism to "overload" the > elf_fpxregset_t. I'd rather see us introduce a new elf_vecregset_t and > have it typedef'd to be elf_fpxregset_t on i386, x86_64, ia64 > >> Index: linux/include/asm-i386/elf.h >> =================================================================== >> --- linux.orig/include/asm-i386/elf.h >> +++ linux/include/asm-i386/elf.h >> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ extern int dump_task_extended_fpu (struc >> #define ELF_CORE_COPY_TASK_REGS(tsk, elf_regs) dump_task_regs(tsk, >> elf_regs) >> #define ELF_CORE_COPY_FPREGS(tsk, elf_fpregs) dump_task_fpu(tsk, >> elf_fpregs) >> #define ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS(tsk, elf_xfpregs) >> dump_task_extended_fpu(tsk, elf_xfpregs) >> +#define ELF_CORE_XFPREG_TYPE NT_PRXFPREG >> >> #define VDSO_HIGH_BASE (__fix_to_virt(FIX_VDSO)) >> #define VDSO_CURRENT_BASE ((unsigned long)current->mm->context.vdso) >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Linuxppc-dev mailing list >> Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org >> https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/