linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 11/30] x86: Introduce TIF

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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:38:53 +0530
From:	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...k.frob.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: [PATCH v7 3.2-rc2 11/30] x86: Introduce TIF_UPROBE FLAG.


On a breakpoint or singlestep, the exception notifier will just
set this thread_info FLAG so that do_notify_resume can be made aware
that a breakpoint/singlestep has occurred.

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
index a1fe5c1..aeb3e04 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define TIF_SECCOMP		8	/* secure computing */
 #define TIF_MCE_NOTIFY		10	/* notify userspace of an MCE */
 #define TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY	11	/* notify kernel of userspace return */
+#define TIF_UPROBE		12	/* breakpointed or singlestepping */
 #define TIF_NOTSC		16	/* TSC is not accessible in userland */
 #define TIF_IA32		17	/* 32bit process */
 #define TIF_FORK		18	/* ret_from_fork */
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 #define _TIF_SECCOMP		(1 << TIF_SECCOMP)
 #define _TIF_MCE_NOTIFY		(1 << TIF_MCE_NOTIFY)
 #define _TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY	(1 << TIF_USER_RETURN_NOTIFY)
+#define _TIF_UPROBE		(1 << TIF_UPROBE)
 #define _TIF_NOTSC		(1 << TIF_NOTSC)
 #define _TIF_IA32		(1 << TIF_IA32)
 #define _TIF_FORK		(1 << TIF_FORK)

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