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From: dave.martin@linaro.org (Dave Martin)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:36:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110503093659.GA2503@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110428184925.GM17290@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 07:49:25PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:56:36AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > The VFP registers are not currently included in coredumps,
> > and there's no existing note type where they can sensibly be
> > included, so this patch defines a dedicated note type for them.
> 
> This probably wants to be copied to LKML (added).

Good point-- thanks.

---Dave

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/elf.h |    1 +
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
> > index 4d60801..110821c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/elf.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/elf.h
> > @@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
> >  #define NT_S390_CTRS	0x304		/* s390 control registers */
> >  #define NT_S390_PREFIX	0x305		/* s390 prefix register */
> >  #define NT_S390_LAST_BREAK	0x306	/* s390 breaking event address */
> > +#define NT_ARM_VFP	0x400		/* ARM VFP/NEON registers */
> >  
> >  
> >  /* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */
> > -- 
> > 1.7.1
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-arm-kernel mailing list
> > linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
To: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>,
	Ulrich Weigand <ulrich.weigand@linaro.org>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>,
	patches@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers
Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:36:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110503093659.GA2503@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110428184925.GM17290@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 07:49:25PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:56:36AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote:
> > The VFP registers are not currently included in coredumps,
> > and there's no existing note type where they can sensibly be
> > included, so this patch defines a dedicated note type for them.
> 
> This probably wants to be copied to LKML (added).

Good point-- thanks.

---Dave

> 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/elf.h |    1 +
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
> > index 4d60801..110821c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/elf.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/elf.h
> > @@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
> >  #define NT_S390_CTRS	0x304		/* s390 control registers */
> >  #define NT_S390_PREFIX	0x305		/* s390 prefix register */
> >  #define NT_S390_LAST_BREAK	0x306	/* s390 breaking event address */
> > +#define NT_ARM_VFP	0x400		/* ARM VFP/NEON registers */
> >  
> >  
> >  /* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */
> > -- 
> > 1.7.1
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-arm-kernel mailing list
> > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
> > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-03  9:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-13  9:56 [PATCH v4 REPOST 0/2] ARM: ptrace: migrate to regsets and enable VFP coredumps Dave Martin
2011-04-13  9:56 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers Dave Martin
2011-04-28 18:49   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 18:49     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-03  9:36     ` Dave Martin [this message]
2011-05-03  9:36       ` Dave Martin
2011-05-12  9:14       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-12  9:14         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-13  6:59         ` Dave Martin
2011-05-13  6:59           ` Dave Martin
2011-05-13  7:29           ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-05-13  7:29             ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-05-13 19:24             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-13 19:24               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-13  9:56 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] ARM: ptrace: Migrate to regsets framework Dave Martin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-05  8:59 [PATCH v3 0/2] ARM: ptrace: migrate to regsets and enable VFP coredumps Dave Martin
2011-04-05  8:59 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers Dave Martin

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