Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Feb 2010 18:28:07 +0100 | From | Oleg Nesterov <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: ptrace and core-dump extensions for xstate |
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Sorry for delay!
On 02/05, Suresh Siddha wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 13:15 -0800, Roland McGrath wrote: > > > (OTOH, my suggestion requires a whole extra 5 lines of code or so > > in compat_sys_ptrace because the indirection in the ABI is sensitive to > > userland word size.) But I don't feel strongly about the particulars of > > the ptrace API addition, just that it be generic to cover any regset and > > not be prone to implicit buffer-size miscommunications. I'll leave it to > > whatever Oleg wants to implement. > > Ok. I will split the previous patch in to two patches and re-post it. I > can help Oleg with reviewing and testing the generic implementation > whenever it is ready.
OK, I'll try to do this "asap", this generic implementation looks easy.
Except, I am not sure I really understand the problem, need to read the regset code and then re-read this thread ;)
Oleg.
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