[PATCH] bfd/aarch64: Core file support for FPMR
Ezra.Sitorus@arm.com
Ezra.Sitorus@arm.com
Thu Sep 4 11:23:03 GMT 2025
From: Ezra Sitorus <ezra.sitorus@arm.com>
Add required code to support core file dumps with NT_ARM_FPMR in them.
---
Regression tested on aarch64-none-linux-gnu.
Ezra
bfd/elf-bfd.h | 2 ++
bfd/elf.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
binutils/readelf.c | 2 ++
include/elf/common.h | 2 ++
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
diff --git a/bfd/elf-bfd.h b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
index de7cc410a99..7fff172b84e 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+++ b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
@@ -3003,6 +3003,8 @@ extern char *elfcore_write_aarch_za
(bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
extern char *elfcore_write_aarch_zt
(bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
+extern char *elfcore_write_aarch_fpmr
+ (bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
extern char *elfcore_write_arc_v2
(bfd *, char *, int *, const void *, int);
extern char *elfcore_write_riscv_csr
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 6ef60301091..6abfed057da 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ SECTION
#define NOTE_NAME_LINUX "LINUX"
/* Names of a pseudo-section which represent core notes. */
+#define NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_FPMR ".reg-aarch-fpmr"
#define NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_GCS ".reg-aarch-gcs"
#define NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_HW_BREAK ".reg-aarch-hw-break"
#define NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_HW_WATCH ".reg-aarch-hw-watch"
@@ -10732,6 +10733,15 @@ elfcore_grok_aarch_gcs (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_GCS, note);
}
+/* Convert NOTE into a bfd_section called ".reg-aarch-fpmr". Return TRUE if
+ successful, otherwise return FALSE. */
+
+static bool
+elfcore_grok_aarch_fpmr (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
+{
+ return elfcore_make_note_pseudosection (abfd, NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_FPMR, note);
+}
+
static bool
elfcore_grok_arc_v2 (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
{
@@ -11165,6 +11175,7 @@ elfcore_grok_note (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
{
case NT_386_TLS: return elfcore_grok_i386_tls (abfd, note);
case NT_ARC_V2: return elfcore_grok_arc_v2 (abfd, note);
+ case NT_ARM_FPMR: return elfcore_grok_aarch_fpmr (abfd, note);
case NT_ARM_GCS: return elfcore_grok_aarch_gcs (abfd, note);
case NT_ARM_HW_BREAK: return elfcore_grok_aarch_hw_break (abfd, note);
case NT_ARM_HW_WATCH: return elfcore_grok_aarch_hw_watch (abfd, note);
@@ -12878,6 +12889,22 @@ elfcore_write_aarch_gcs (bfd *abfd, char *buf, int *bufsiz,
aarch_gcs, size);
}
+/* Write the buffer of FPMR value in AARCH_FPMR (length SIZE) into
+ the note buffer BUF and update *BUFSIZ. ABFD is the bfd the note is being
+ written into. Return a pointer to the new start of the note buffer, to
+ replace BUF which may no longer be valid. */
+
+char *
+elfcore_write_aarch_fpmr (bfd *abfd,
+ char *buf,
+ int *bufsiz,
+ const void *aarch_fpmr,
+ int size)
+{
+ return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+ NOTE_NAME_LINUX, NT_ARM_FPMR, aarch_fpmr, size);
+}
+
char *
elfcore_write_arc_v2 (bfd *abfd,
char *buf,
@@ -12984,6 +13011,7 @@ elfcore_write_register_note (bfd *abfd,
}
note_writers [] =
{
+ { NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_FPMR, elfcore_write_aarch_fpmr},
{ NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_GCS, elfcore_write_aarch_gcs},
{ NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_HW_BREAK, elfcore_write_aarch_hw_break},
{ NOTE_PSEUDO_SECTION_AARCH_HW_WATCH, elfcore_write_aarch_hw_watch},
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 2affc713adb..dda4bb38b72 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -21347,6 +21347,8 @@ get_note_type (Filedata * filedata, unsigned e_type)
return _("NT_ARM_ZT (AArch64 SME2 ZT registers)");
case NT_ARM_PAC_ENABLED_KEYS:
return _("NT_ARM_PAC_ENABLED_KEYS (AArch64 pointer authentication enabled keys)");
+ case NT_ARM_FPMR:
+ return _("NT_ARM_FPMR (AArch64 Floating Point Mode Register)");
case NT_ARC_V2:
return _("NT_ARC_V2 (ARC HS accumulator/extra registers)");
case NT_RISCV_CSR:
diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h
index 0d9a7b7a8a9..ebe893ebf13 100644
--- a/include/elf/common.h
+++ b/include/elf/common.h
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@
/* Note: name must be "LINUX". */
#define NT_ARM_ZT 0x40d /* AArch64 SME2 ZT registers. */
/* Note: name must be "LINUX". */
+#define NT_ARM_FPMR 0x40e /* AArch64 FPMR. */
+ /* Note: name must be "LINUX". */
#define NT_ARM_GCS 0x410 /* AArch64 Guarded Control Stack
registers. */
/* Note name must be "LINUX". */
--
2.45.2
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