MIPS: ptrace: introduce NT_MIPS_MSA regset
The current methods for obtaining FP context via ptrace only provide either 32 or 64 bits per data register. With MSA, where vector registers are aliased with scalar FP data registers, those registers are 128 bits wide. Thus a new mechanism is required for userland to access those registers via ptrace. This patch introduces an NT_MIPS_MSA regset which provides, in this order: - The full 128 bits value of each vector register, in native endianness saved as though elements are doubles. That is, the format of each vector register is as would be obtained by saving it to memory using an st.d instruction. - The 32 bit scalar FP implementation register (FIR). - The 32 bit scalar FP control & status register (FCSR). - The 32 bit MSA implementation register (MSAIR). - The 32 bit MSA control & status register (MSACSR). The provision of the FIR & FCSR registers in addition to the MSA equivalents allows scalar FP context to be retrieved as a subset of the context available via this regset. Along with the MSA equivalents they also nicely form the final 128 bit "register" of the regset. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/21180/ Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
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