[PATCH -tip tracing/kprobes] PPC: Powerpc port of the kprobe-based event tracer

[Masami Hiramatsu]

Hi Michael,

Michael Neuling wrote:
>> +
>> +static const struct pt_regs_offset regoffset_table[] = {
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[0]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[1]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[2]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[3]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[4]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[5]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[6]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[7]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[8]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[9]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[10]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[11]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[12]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[13]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[14]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[15]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[16]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[17]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[18]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[19]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[20]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[21]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[22]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[23]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[24]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[25]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[26]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[27]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[28]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[29]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[30]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(gpr[31]),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(nip),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(msr),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(orig_gpr3),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(ctr),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(link),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(xer),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(ccr),
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(softe),
>> +#else
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(mq),
>> +#endif
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(trap),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(dar),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(dsisr),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_NAME(result),
>> +	REG_OFFSET_END,
> 
> Do we need to add something for FP and VMX registers here?

Hmm, are FP and VMX registers actually used inside kernel on PPC?
Actually, the main purpose of this code is to provide accessing method
of in-kernel pt_regs fields (registers used in kernel) by name.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu

Software Engineer
Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc.
Software Solutions Division

e-mail: mhiramat at redhat.com