| Message ID | 1415683597-22819-2-git-send-email-khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Headers | show |
Anshuman Khandual [khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com] wrote:
| This patch adds four new core note sections for PowerPC transactional
| memory and one core note section for general miscellaneous debug registers.
| These addition of new elf core note sections extends the existing elf ABI
| without affecting it in any manner.
|
| Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Except for some minor comments to one of the patches, the patchset
looks good to me. I was also able to run the included selftest on
a PowerVM guest.
Tested-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
| ---
| include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 5 +++++
| 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
|
| diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
| index ea9bf25..2260fc0 100644
| --- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
| +++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h
| @@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
| #define NT_PPC_VMX 0x100 /* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */
| #define NT_PPC_SPE 0x101 /* PowerPC SPE/EVR registers */
| #define NT_PPC_VSX 0x102 /* PowerPC VSX registers */
| +#define NT_PPC_TM_SPR 0x103 /* PowerPC TM special registers */
| +#define NT_PPC_TM_CGPR 0x104 /* PowerpC TM checkpointed GPR */
| +#define NT_PPC_TM_CFPR 0x105 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed FPR */
| +#define NT_PPC_TM_CVMX 0x106 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed VMX */
| +#define NT_PPC_MISC 0x107 /* PowerPC miscellaneous registers */
| #define NT_386_TLS 0x200 /* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */
| #define NT_386_IOPERM 0x201 /* x86 io permission bitmap (1=deny) */
| #define NT_X86_XSTATE 0x202 /* x86 extended state using xsave */
| --
| 1.9.3
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:56:30 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > This patch adds four new core note sections for PowerPC transactional > memory and one core note section for general miscellaneous debug registers. > These addition of new elf core note sections extends the existing elf ABI > without affecting it in any manner. > > Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h > index ea9bf25..2260fc0 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h > @@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr { > #define NT_PPC_VMX 0x100 /* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */ > #define NT_PPC_SPE 0x101 /* PowerPC SPE/EVR registers */ > #define NT_PPC_VSX 0x102 /* PowerPC VSX registers */ > +#define NT_PPC_TM_SPR 0x103 /* PowerPC TM special registers */ > +#define NT_PPC_TM_CGPR 0x104 /* PowerpC TM checkpointed GPR */ > +#define NT_PPC_TM_CFPR 0x105 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed FPR */ > +#define NT_PPC_TM_CVMX 0x106 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed VMX */ > +#define NT_PPC_MISC 0x107 /* PowerPC miscellaneous registers */ > #define NT_386_TLS 0x200 /* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */ > #define NT_386_IOPERM 0x201 /* x86 io permission bitmap (1=deny) */ > #define NT_X86_XSTATE 0x202 /* x86 extended state using xsave */ ack from me, if that was at all expected. Please cc Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com> on the tools/testing/selftests changes.
On 11/22/2014 05:13 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:56:30 +0530 Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > >> This patch adds four new core note sections for PowerPC transactional >> memory and one core note section for general miscellaneous debug registers. >> These addition of new elf core note sections extends the existing elf ABI >> without affecting it in any manner. >> >> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> --- >> include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 5 +++++ >> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h >> index ea9bf25..2260fc0 100644 >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h >> @@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr { >> #define NT_PPC_VMX 0x100 /* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */ >> #define NT_PPC_SPE 0x101 /* PowerPC SPE/EVR registers */ >> #define NT_PPC_VSX 0x102 /* PowerPC VSX registers */ >> +#define NT_PPC_TM_SPR 0x103 /* PowerPC TM special registers */ >> +#define NT_PPC_TM_CGPR 0x104 /* PowerpC TM checkpointed GPR */ >> +#define NT_PPC_TM_CFPR 0x105 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed FPR */ >> +#define NT_PPC_TM_CVMX 0x106 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed VMX */ >> +#define NT_PPC_MISC 0x107 /* PowerPC miscellaneous registers */ >> #define NT_386_TLS 0x200 /* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */ >> #define NT_386_IOPERM 0x201 /* x86 io permission bitmap (1=deny) */ >> #define NT_X86_XSTATE 0x202 /* x86 extended state using xsave */ > > ack from me, if that was at all expected. Thanks Andrew. > > Please cc Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com> on the tools/testing/selftests > changes. Sure, will do.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h index ea9bf25..2260fc0 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/elf.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/elf.h @@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr { #define NT_PPC_VMX 0x100 /* PowerPC Altivec/VMX registers */ #define NT_PPC_SPE 0x101 /* PowerPC SPE/EVR registers */ #define NT_PPC_VSX 0x102 /* PowerPC VSX registers */ +#define NT_PPC_TM_SPR 0x103 /* PowerPC TM special registers */ +#define NT_PPC_TM_CGPR 0x104 /* PowerpC TM checkpointed GPR */ +#define NT_PPC_TM_CFPR 0x105 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed FPR */ +#define NT_PPC_TM_CVMX 0x106 /* PowerPC TM checkpointed VMX */ +#define NT_PPC_MISC 0x107 /* PowerPC miscellaneous registers */ #define NT_386_TLS 0x200 /* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */ #define NT_386_IOPERM 0x201 /* x86 io permission bitmap (1=deny) */ #define NT_X86_XSTATE 0x202 /* x86 extended state using xsave */
This patch adds four new core note sections for PowerPC transactional memory and one core note section for general miscellaneous debug registers. These addition of new elf core note sections extends the existing elf ABI without affecting it in any manner. Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)