Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Incorrect order of last two arguments of ptrace for requests PPC_PTRACE_GETREGS, SETREGS, GETFPREGS, SETFPREGS | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:35:43 +1100 |
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On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 18:36 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > On > > This is because PPC_PTRACE_GETREGS option for powerpc is implemented > > such that general purpose > > registers of the child process get copied to the address variable > > instead of data variable. Same is > > the case with other PPC request options PPC_PTRACE_SETREGS, GETFPREGS > > and SETFPREGS. > > > > Prepared a patch for this problem and tested with 2.6.18-rc6 kernel. > > This patch can be applied directly to 2.6.19-rc3 kernel. > > A more appropriate place to send this would be the linux-ppc development > list.
Also it's possible that existing code like gcc relies on that "feature" no ?
Ben.
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