Re: [PATCH V8 00/28] Add new powerpc specific ELF core notes

[Ulrich Weigand]

Anshuman Khandual <khandual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 19.05.2015
17:07:56:

>    This patch series adds twelve new ELF core note sections which can
> be used with existing ptrace request PTRACE_GETREGSET-SETREGSET for
accessing
> various transactional memory and other miscellaneous debug register sets
on
> powerpc platform.
>
> Previous versions:
> ==================
> RFC: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/1/292
> V1:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/2/43
> V2:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/5/88
> V3:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/23/486
> V4:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/11/6
> V5:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/25/134
> V6:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/2/98
> V7:  https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/14/19
>
> Changes in V8:
> --------------
> - Split the misc register set into individual ELF core notes
> - Implemented support for VSX register set (on and off TM)
> - Implemented support for EBB register set
> - Implemented review comments on previous versions
> - Some code re-arrangements, re-writes and documentation
> - Added comprehensive list of test cases into selftests

This addresses all the issues I raised in my comments on V7.
The register set layout looks good to me now.

Thanks,
Ulrich

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