Re: [RFC] powerpc, ptrace: Add few more ptrace request macros

2014-04-01 Thread Anshuman Khandual
On 04/02/2014 06:13 AM, Michael Neuling wrote: > Anshuman Khandual wrote: >> > This patch adds few more ptrace request macros expanding >> > the existing capability. These ptrace requests macros can >> > be classified into two categories. > Why is this only an RFC? > Looking for comments, sugges

Re: [RFC] powerpc, ptrace: Add few more ptrace request macros

2014-04-01 Thread Michael Neuling
Anshuman Khandual wrote: > This patch adds few more ptrace request macros expanding > the existing capability. These ptrace requests macros can > be classified into two categories. Why is this only an RFC? Also, please share the test case that you wrote for this. Mikey > > (1) Transactional

[RFC] powerpc, ptrace: Add few more ptrace request macros

2014-04-01 Thread Anshuman Khandual
This patch adds few more ptrace request macros expanding the existing capability. These ptrace requests macros can be classified into two categories. (1) Transactional memory /* TM special purpose registers */ PTRACE_GETTM_SPRREGS PTRACE_SETTM_SPRREGS /* Checkpoin