Re: [PATCH RISU v2 03/13] Introduce host_context_t

[Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>]

On Sun, 26 May 2024 at 20:37, Richard Henderson
<richard.henderson@linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Most hosts pass ucontext_t as the third parameter of signal handlers.
>
> In one existing usage, loongarch64 is using the kernel's
> struct ucontext instead of libc's ucontext_t.  This is probably a
> simple mistake that could be fixed, but the structure member names
> differ, so the change would not be completely mechanical.
>
> However, due to a sequence of historical mistakes, sparc64 linux
> does not pass any kind of ucontext_t to the signal handler, but
> uses struct sigcontext instead.
>
> Prepare for that by adding a new indirection typedef.
> This allows us to clean up existing usage with void*.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>

thanks
-- PMM