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From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/34] tracing: Add a comment about ftrace_regs
 definition
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On Mon, Dec 18, 2023 at 10:11:44PM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu (Google) wrote:
> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> 
> To clarify what will be expected on ftrace_regs, add a comment to the
> architecture independent definition of the ftrace_regs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>

Mark.

> ---
>  Changes in v3:
>   - Add instruction pointer
>  Changes in v2:
>   - newly added.
> ---
>  include/linux/ftrace.h |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> index e8921871ef9a..8b48fc621ea0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
> @@ -118,6 +118,32 @@ extern int ftrace_enabled;
>  
>  #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS
>  
> +/**
> + * ftrace_regs - ftrace partial/optimal register set
> + *
> + * ftrace_regs represents a group of registers which is used at the
> + * function entry and exit. There are three types of registers.
> + *
> + * - Registers for passing the parameters to callee, including the stack
> + *   pointer. (e.g. rcx, rdx, rdi, rsi, r8, r9 and rsp on x86_64)
> + * - Registers for passing the return values to caller.
> + *   (e.g. rax and rdx on x86_64)
> + * - Registers for hooking the function call and return including the
> + *   frame pointer (the frame pointer is architecture/config dependent)
> + *   (e.g. rip, rbp and rsp for x86_64)
> + *
> + * Also, architecture dependent fields can be used for internal process.
> + * (e.g. orig_ax on x86_64)
> + *
> + * On the function entry, those registers will be restored except for
> + * the stack pointer, so that user can change the function parameters
> + * and instruction pointer (e.g. live patching.)
> + * On the function exit, only registers which is used for return values
> + * are restored.
> + *
> + * NOTE: user *must not* access regs directly, only do it via APIs, because
> + * the member can be changed according to the architecture.
> + */
>  struct ftrace_regs {
>  	struct pt_regs		regs;
>  };
>