[PATCH V7 0/8] Add new powerpc specific ELF core notes

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Wed Jan 14 2015 - 02:09:17 EST


This patch series adds five new ELF core note sections which can be
used with existing ptrace request PTRACE_GETREGSET-SETREGSET for accessing
various transactional memory and 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

Changes in V7:
--------------
- Fixed a config directive in the MISC code
- Merged the two gitignore patches into a single one

Changes in V6:
--------------
- Added two git ignore patches for powerpc selftests
- Re-formatted all in-code function definitions in kernel-doc format

Changes in V5:
--------------
- Changed flush_tmregs_to_thread, so not to take into account self tracing
- Dropped the 3rd patch in the series which had merged two functions
- Fixed one build problem for the misc debug register patch
- Accommodated almost all the review comments from Suka on the 6th patch
- Minor changes to the self test program
- Changed commit messages for some of the patches

Changes in V4:
--------------
- Added one test program into the powerpc selftest bucket in this regard
- Split the 2nd patch in the previous series into four different patches
- Accommodated most of the review comments on the previous patch series
- Added a patch to merge functions __switch_to_tm and tm_reclaim_task

Changes in V3:
--------------
- Added two new error paths in every TM related get/set functions when regset
support is not present on the system (ENODEV) or when the process does not
have any transaction active (ENODATA) in the context
- Installed the active hooks for all the newly added regset core note types

Changes in V2:
--------------
- Removed all the power specific ptrace requests corresponding to new NT_PPC_*
elf core note types. Now all the register sets can be accessed from ptrace
through PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET using the individual NT_PPC* core
note type instead
- Fixed couple of attribute values for REGSET_TM_CGPR register set
- Renamed flush_tmreg_to_thread as flush_tmregs_to_thread
- Fixed 32 bit checkpointed GPR support
- Changed commit messages accordingly

Test Result
-----------
The patch series has been verified both in 32 bit and 64 bit compiled test
program. Test result for the selftest test (64 bit compiled) can be found
here.

test: tm_ptrace
tags: git_version:v3.19-rc4-54-g10a9c5d
===Testing TM based PTRACE Interface===
Testing TM specific SPR:
TFHAR: 10001098
TEXASR: de0000018c000001
TFIAR: c000000000041a78
TM ORIG_MSR: 800000050000f032
TM CH DSCR: a (PASSED)
TM CH TAR: 14 (PASSED)
TM CH PPR: 8000000000000 (PASSED)
Testing TM checkpointed GPR:
TM CH NIP: 10001098
TM CH LINK: 10000ea0
TM CH CCR: 24000422
TM CH GPR[0]: 0 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[1]: 1 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[2]: 2 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[3]: 3 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[4]: 4 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[5]: 5 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[6]: 6 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[7]: 7 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[8]: 8 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[9]: 9 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[10]: a (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[11]: b (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[12]: c (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[13]: d (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[14]: e (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[15]: f (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[16]: 0 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[17]: 1 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[18]: 2 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[19]: 3 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[20]: 4 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[21]: 5 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[22]: 6 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[23]: 7 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[24]: 8 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[25]: 9 (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[26]: a (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[27]: b (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[28]: c (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[29]: d (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[30]: e (PASSED)
TM CH GPR[31]: f (PASSED)
Testing TM checkpointed FPR:
TM CH FPSCR: 0
TM CH FPR[0]: 0 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[1]: 1 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[2]: 2 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[3]: 3 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[4]: 4 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[5]: 5 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[6]: 6 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[7]: 7 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[8]: 8 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[9]: 9 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[10]: a (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[11]: b (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[12]: c (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[13]: d (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[14]: e (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[15]: f (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[16]: 0 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[17]: 1 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[18]: 2 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[19]: 3 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[20]: 4 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[21]: 5 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[22]: 6 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[23]: 7 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[24]: 8 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[25]: 9 (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[26]: a (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[27]: b (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[28]: c (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[29]: d (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[30]: e (PASSED)
TM CH FPR[31]: f (PASSED)
Testing TM running GPR:
TM RN NIP: 100011b0
TM RN LINK: 10000ea0
TM RN CCR: 4000422
TM RN GPR[0]: f (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[1]: e (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[2]: d (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[3]: c (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[4]: b (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[5]: a (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[6]: 9 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[7]: 8 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[8]: 7 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[9]: 6 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[10]: 5 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[11]: 4 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[12]: 3 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[13]: 2 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[14]: 1 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[15]: 0 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[16]: f (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[17]: e (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[18]: d (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[19]: c (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[20]: b (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[21]: a (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[22]: 9 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[23]: 8 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[24]: 7 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[25]: 6 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[26]: 5 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[27]: 4 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[28]: 3 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[29]: 2 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[30]: 1 (PASSED)
TM RN GPR[31]: 0 (PASSED)
Testing TM running FPR:
TM RN FPSCR: 0
TM RN FPR[0]: f (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[1]: e (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[2]: d (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[3]: c (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[4]: b (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[5]: a (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[6]: 9 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[7]: 8 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[8]: 7 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[9]: 6 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[10]: 5 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[11]: 4 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[12]: 3 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[13]: 2 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[14]: 1 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[15]: 0 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[16]: f (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[17]: e (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[18]: d (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[19]: c (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[20]: b (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[21]: a (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[22]: 9 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[23]: 8 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[24]: 7 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[25]: 6 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[26]: 5 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[27]: 4 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[28]: 3 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[29]: 2 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[30]: 1 (PASSED)
TM RN FPR[31]: 0 (PASSED)
Testing TM running MISC debug registers:
TM RN DSCR: 32 (PASSED)
TM RN TAR: 3c (PASSED)
TM RN PPR: 4000000000000 (PASSED)
success: tm_ptrace

Anshuman Khandual (8):
elf: Add new powerpc specifc core note sections
powerpc, process: Add the function flush_tmregs_to_thread
powerpc, ptrace: Enable fpr_(get/set) for transactional memory
powerpc, ptrace: Enable vr_(get/set) for transactional memory
powerpc, ptrace: Enable support for transactional memory register sets
powerpc, ptrace: Enable support for miscellaneous debug registers
selftests, powerpc: Add test case for TM related ptrace interface
selftests: Make GIT ignore all binaries in powerpc test suite

arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h | 8 +
arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/elf.h | 3 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 20 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 1044 +++++++++++++++++++-
include/uapi/linux/elf.h | 5 +
.../testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/.gitignore | 3 +
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/.gitignore | 22 +
.../selftests/powerpc/primitives/.gitignore | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore | 2 +
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile | 2 +-
tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-ptrace.c | 542 ++++++++++
13 files changed, 1632 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/copyloops/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/primitives/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/.gitignore
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-ptrace.c

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