linux/arch/m32r
Hirokazu Takata 8e8ff02c0b [PATCH] m32r: Fix pt_regs for !COFNIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2 target
This modification is required to fix debugging function for m32r targets
with !CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2, by unifying 'struct pt_regs' and 'struct
sigcontext' size for all M32R ISA.

Some m32r processor core with !CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2 configuration has only
single accumulator a0 (ex.  VDEC2 core, M32102 core, etc.), the others with
CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2 has two accumulators, a0 and a1.

This means there are two variations of thread context.  So far, we reduced
and changed stackframe size at a syscall for their context size.  However,
this causes a problem that a GDB for processors with CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2
cannot be used for processors with !CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2.

From the viewpoint of GDB support, we should reduce such variation of
stackframe size for simplicity.

In this patch, dummy members are added to 'struct pt_regs' and 'struct
sigcontext' to adjust their size for !CONFIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2.

This modification is also a one step for a GDB update in future.
Currently, on the m32r, GDB can access process's context by using ptrace
functions in a simple way of register by register access.  By unifying
stackframe size, we have a possibility to make use of ptrace functions of
not only a single register access but also block register access,
PTRACE_{GETREGS,PUTREGS}.

However, for this purpose, we might have to modify stackframe structure
some more; for example, PSW (processor status word) register should be
pre-processed before pushing to stack at a syscall, and so on.  In this
case, we must update carefully both kernel and GDB at a time...

Signed-off-by: Hayato Fujiwara <fujiwara@linux-m32r.org>
Signed-off-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Cc: Kei Sakamoto <ksakamot@linux-m32r.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-04-19 09:13:50 -07:00
..
boot [PATCH] m32r: Fix M32104 cache flushing routines 2006-01-06 08:33:44 -08:00
kernel [PATCH] m32r: Fix pt_regs for !COFNIG_ISA_DSP_LEVEL2 target 2006-04-19 09:13:50 -07:00
lib [PATCH] m32r: security fix of {get,put}_user macros 2006-04-11 06:18:34 -07:00
m32104ut [PATCH] m32r: Support M32104UT target platform 2006-01-06 08:33:43 -08:00
m32700ut [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
mappi [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
mappi2 [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
mappi3 [PATCH] m32r: Support M3A-2170(Mappi-III) platform 2005-06-21 19:07:30 -07:00
mm [PATCH] unify PFN_* macros 2006-03-27 08:44:48 -08:00
oaks32r [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
oprofile Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
opsput [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
defconfig [PATCH] m32r: Update defconfig files 2005-06-21 19:07:31 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] Configurable NODES_SHIFT 2006-04-11 06:18:39 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] kconfig: clarify memory debug options 2006-03-25 08:22:54 -08:00
Makefile Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild 2006-03-25 08:48:48 -08:00