Re: [PATCH v7 28/36] tracing: Add ftrace_partial_regs() for converting ftrace_regs to pt_regs

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed,  7 Feb 2024 00:12:40 +0900
"Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Add ftrace_partial_regs() which converts the ftrace_regs to pt_regs.
> If the architecture defines its own ftrace_regs, this copies partial
> registers to pt_regs and returns it. If not, ftrace_regs is the same as
> pt_regs and ftrace_partial_regs() will return ftrace_regs::regs.

This says what this patch is doing and not why it is doing it.

-- Steve

> 
> Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Florent Revest <revest@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>  Changes from previous series: NOTHING, just forward ported.
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