linux-kernel - Re: [patch v2 19/35] Hexagon: Add ptrace support

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Date:	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:07:41 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Richard Kuo <rkuo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch v2 19/35] Hexagon: Add ptrace support

On Tuesday 30 August 2011, Richard Kuo wrote:
> +
> +       switch (request) {
> +       case PTRACE_POKETEXT:   /* write the word at location addr. */
> +       case PTRACE_POKEDATA:
> +               return generic_ptrace_pokedata(child, addr, data);
> +       case PTRACE_POKEUSR:    /* write register specified by addr. */
> +               return ptrace_pokeusr(child, addr, data);
> +       case PTRACE_GETREGS:
> +               return copy_regset_to_user(child, &hexagon_user_view,
> +                                          REGSET_GPR, 0,
> +                                          sizeof(struct user_regs_struct),
> +                                          udata);
> +       case PTRACE_SETREGS:
> +               return copy_regset_from_user(child, &hexagon_user_view,
> +                                            REGSET_GPR, 0,
> +                                            sizeof(struct user_regs_struct),
> +                                            udata);

I don't remember if I commented on this or if it was for the c6x architecture
submission. Anyway, I think you should let all of this be handled through
the generic ptrace support like openrisc does.

	Arnd
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