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    SubjectRe: [PATCH V4 1/8] elf: Add new PowerPC specifc core note sections
    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.



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