* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers [not found] ` <1302688597-2969-2-git-send-email-dave.martin@linaro.org> @ 2011-04-28 18:49 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-05-03 9:36 ` Dave Martin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Russell King - ARM Linux @ 2011-04-28 18:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Martin, lkml Cc: linux-arm-kernel, Nicolas Pitre, Ulrich Weigand, Will Deacon, patches 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). > 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers 2011-04-28 18:49 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers Russell King - ARM Linux @ 2011-05-03 9:36 ` Dave Martin 2011-05-12 9:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Dave Martin @ 2011-05-03 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: lkml, linux-arm-kernel, Nicolas Pitre, Ulrich Weigand, Will Deacon, patches 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers 2011-05-03 9:36 ` Dave Martin @ 2011-05-12 9:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux 2011-05-13 6:59 ` Dave Martin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Russell King - ARM Linux @ 2011-05-12 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Martin Cc: lkml, linux-arm-kernel, Nicolas Pitre, Ulrich Weigand, Will Deacon, patches On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:36:59AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: > 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. What news on this? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers 2011-05-12 9:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux @ 2011-05-13 6:59 ` Dave Martin 2011-05-13 7:29 ` Nicolas Pitre 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Dave Martin @ 2011-05-13 6:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Russell King - ARM Linux Cc: lkml, linux-arm-kernel, Nicolas Pitre, Ulrich Weigand, Will Deacon, patches On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:14:00AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:36:59AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: > > 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. > > What news on this? None whatsoever. Do you think I need to push harder for feedback? ---Dave ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers 2011-05-13 6:59 ` Dave Martin @ 2011-05-13 7:29 ` Nicolas Pitre 2011-05-13 19:24 ` Arnd Bergmann 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Nicolas Pitre @ 2011-05-13 7:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dave Martin Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux, lkml, linux-arm-kernel, Ulrich Weigand, Will Deacon, patches On Fri, 13 May 2011, Dave Martin wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:14:00AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:36:59AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: > > > 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. > > > > What news on this? > > None whatsoever. Do you think I need to push harder for feedback? I think that the patch should just be merged. If someone had a problem with this, we would have heard about it by now. Nicolas ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ARM: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers 2011-05-13 7:29 ` Nicolas Pitre @ 2011-05-13 19:24 ` Arnd Bergmann 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2011-05-13 19:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel Cc: Nicolas Pitre, Dave Martin, Ulrich Weigand, Russell King - ARM Linux, patches, Will Deacon, lkml On Friday 13 May 2011, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2011, Dave Martin wrote: > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:14:00AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > > > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:36:59AM +0100, Dave Martin wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > What news on this? > > > > None whatsoever. Do you think I need to push harder for feedback? > > I think that the patch should just be merged. If someone had a problem > with this, we would have heard about it by now. > Agreed. Uli and other toolchain people are waiting for this to get merged, so we can put the ABI into gdb releases. It's definitely useful, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it (but don't have much experience with ptrace). Arnd ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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