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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 23/31] arm64: Debugging support
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 09:10:59PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 20 August 2012, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:07:54AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 08:06:07AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > > Sorry for the dumb question, but why do you even need PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA
> > > > for 64 bit tasks? I thought the thread pointer is a GPR, or is this just
> > > > for compat tasks?
> > >
> > > The TLS is stored in a co-processor register which is read-only for
> > > userspace.
> >
> > I should elaborate: the register is RW for AArch64 tasks, RO for aarch32
> > tasks (although that doesn't affect the need for the ptrace request).
>
> So can't you just /add/ that register to the GPR regset?

We *could*, but it doesn't feel right to me. The TLS register:

- Can only be manipulated by msr/mrs instructions
- Is not part of the PCS
- Is not accessed explicitly by user applications
- Can not be written via ptrace

so I think it sticks out like a sore thumb if we bundle it up with the GPRs.

Will


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