linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Patch v1 33/55] ARC: ptrace support

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:54:05 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	<linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch v1 33/55] ARC: ptrace support

On Monday 12 November 2012 07:21 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 12 November 2012, Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com wrote:
>> +       case PTRACE_PEEKUSR:
>> +               pos = addr;     /* offset in struct user_regs_struct */
>> +               count = 4;      /* 1 register only */
>> +               u_addr = (unsigned int __user *)data;
>> +               kbuf = NULL;
>> +               ret = genregs_get(child, NULL, pos, count, kbuf, u_addr);
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case PTRACE_POKEUSR:
>> +               pos = addr;     /* offset in struct user_regs_struct */
>> +               count = 4;      /* 1 register only */
>> +
>> +               /* Ideally @data would have abeen a user space buffer, from
>> +                * where, we do a copy_from_user.
>> +                * However this request only involves one word, which courtesy
>> +                * our ABI can be passed in a reg.
>> +                * regset interface however expects some buffer to copyin from
>> +                */
>> +               kbuf = &data;
>> +               u_addr = NULL;
>> +
>> +               ret = genregs_set(child, NULL, pos, count, kbuf, u_addr);
>> +               break;
>> +
> I think these should be moved into regsets, as we have done for all
> other new architectures. Your arch_ptrace then becomes a trivial wrapper
> around ptrace_request.

The regset stuff is already complete - and even this code uses the reget
callbacks. It's just that we need to carry on this dual ABI for some
time for our legacy gdbserver.

>
> 	Arnd

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