The patch titled spufs: use new vm_ops->access to allow local state access from gdb has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is spufs-use-the-new-vm_ops-access.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: spufs: use new vm_ops->access to allow local state access from gdb From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> This uses the new vm_ops->access to allow gdb to access the SPU local store. We currently prevent access to problem state registers, this can be done later if really needed but it's safer not to. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c~spufs-use-the-new-vm_ops-access arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c~spufs-use-the-new-vm_ops-access +++ a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c @@ -287,9 +287,32 @@ spufs_mem_mmap_fault(struct vm_area_stru return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; } +static int spufs_mem_mmep_access(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, + void *buf, int len, int write) +{ + struct spu_context *ctx = vma->vm_file->private_data; + unsigned long offset = address - vma->vm_start; + char *local_store; + + if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) + return -EACCES; + if (spu_acquire(ctx)) + return -EINTR; + if ((offset + len) > vma->vm_end) + len = vma->vm_end - offset; + local_store = ctx->ops->get_ls(ctx); + if (write) + memcpy_toio(local_store + offset, buf, len); + else + memcpy_fromio(buf, local_store + offset, len); + spu_release(ctx); + return len; +} static struct vm_operations_struct spufs_mem_mmap_vmops = { .fault = spufs_mem_mmap_fault, + .access = spufs_mem_mmep_access, }; static int spufs_mem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from riel@xxxxxxxxxx are access_process_vm-device-memory-infrastructure.patch use-generic_access_phys-for-dev-mem-mappings.patch use-generic_access_phys-for-pci-mmap-on-x86.patch powerpc-ioremap_prot.patch spufs-use-the-new-vm_ops-access.patch vmscan-give-referenced-active-and-unmapped-pages-a-second-trip-around-the-lru.patch idr-change-the-idr-structure.patch idr-rename-some-of-the-idr-apis-internal-routines.patch idr-fix-a-printk-call.patch idr-error-checking-factorization.patch idr-make-idr_get_new-rcu-safe.patch idr-make-idr_find-rcu-safe.patch idr-make-idr_remove-rcu-safe.patch ipc-call-idr_find-without-locking-in-ipc_lock.patch ipc-get-rid-of-ipc_lock_down.patch make-mm-rmapc-anon_vma_cachep-static.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html