linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 6/6] Ptrace support for HARDWARE

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Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:26:54 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@...ian.org>
cc:	David Daney <ddaney@...rex.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 6/6] Ptrace support for HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS.

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 05:40:11PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> > +struct mips32_watch_regs {
> > +	unsigned int num_valid;
> > +	unsigned int reg_mask;
> > +	unsigned int irw_mask;
> > +	unsigned long watchlo[8];
> > +	unsigned int watchhi[8];
> > +};
> 
> Please do not use long in new ptrace interfaces.  Use either
> uint32_t or uint64_t as appropriate so that it doesn't depend
> on how the kernel or debugger was built.

 A minor nit from my side too -- since it is a new API it may be wise to
move wider structure members to the beginning not to waste gaps in memory
due to alignment.

  Maciej
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