On 31 October 2012 17:13, James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We use the non-generic interface at the moment (exposing the TBX context > structures to userland), pending conversion to the generic ptrace > interface. > Hi James, Comment 1, as you already mentioned in the blurb, is to use the generic ptrace interface... a lot of your ptrace functions aren't need anymore. Comment 2, is to avoid exporting the struct pt_regs to userspace. GDB should be using regsets for accessing the current context for new architectures and doesn't need to know about the pt_regs layout anymore. Not exporting pt_regs gains you the flexibility to optimize context saving in the future if you figure out a better (e.g. cache friendlier) way of saving your registers at exception time. /Jonas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
