[PATCH] Improve the fetch/store of general-purpose and floating-point PowerPC registers
Sérgio Durigan Júnior
sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Apr 29 02:16:00 GMT 2009
Hi Joel,
On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 13:07 -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> Sergio,
>
> > 2009-01-21 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > * ppc-linux-nat.c (have_ptrace_getsetregs): New variable.
> > (have_ptrace_getsetfpregs): Likewise.
> > fetch_all_gp_regs): New function.
> > (fetch_gp_regs): New function.
> > (fetch_all_fp_regs): Likewise.
> > (fetch_fp_regs): New function.
> > (fetch_ppc_registers): Using the new methods to fetch general-
> > purpose and floating-pointer registers.
> > (store_all_gp_regs): New function.
> > (store_gp_regs): Likewise.
> > (store_all_fp_regs): New function.
> > (store_fp_regs): Likewise.
> > (store_ppc_registers): Using the new methods to store general-
> > purpose and floating-pointer registers.
>
> Sorry for the delay in reviewing this. I don't know much about ptrace
> except as a user, but this seems to make sense. The only request I have
> is for you to write a small comment describing each new function you
> introduce. The patch is OK with those changes.
So the request is about the ChangeLog, right? Ok, I'll resubmit it with
the modifications as soon as possible.
> PS: I assume you tested the change on 2 systems, one with the
> functionality, and one without?
Yes, I did :-).
Thanks,
--
Sérgio Durigan Júnior
Linux on Power Toolchain - Software Engineer
Linux Technology Center - LTC
IBM Brazil
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