[PATCH V6 2/9] powerpc, process: Add the function flush_tmregs_to_thread

[Anshuman Khandual]

This patch creates a function flush_tmregs_to_thread which
will then be used by subsequent patches in this series. The
function checks for self tracing ptrace interface attempts
while in the TM context and logs appropriate warning message.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h |  8 ++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c        | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 58abeda..23752a9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ static inline void flush_spe_to_thread(struct task_struct *t)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+extern void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct *);
+#else
+static inline void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct *t)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline void clear_task_ebb(struct task_struct *t)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index 923cd2d..0013f24 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -745,6 +745,26 @@ void restore_tm_state(struct pt_regs *regs)
 #define __switch_to_tm(prev)
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
+void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Process self tracing is not yet supported through
+	 * ptrace interface. Ptrace generic code should have
+	 * prevented this from happening in the first place.
+	 * Warn once here with the message, if some how it
+	 * is attempted.
+	 */
+	WARN_ONCE(tsk == current,
+		"Not expecting ptrace on self: TM regs may be incorrect\n");
+
+	/*
+	 * If task is not current, it should have been flushed
+	 * already to it's thread_struct during __switch_to().
+	 */
+}
+#endif
+
 struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	struct task_struct *new)
 {
-- 
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