History log of /linux-master/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/ptrace/ptrace-gpr.S
Revision Date Author Comments
# 611e3850 27-Jun-2022 Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

selftests/powerpc/ptrace: Do more of ptrace-gpr in asm

The ptrace-gpr test includes some inline asm to load GPR and FPR
registers. It then goes back to C to wait for the parent to trace it and
then checks register contents.

The split between inline asm and C is fragile, it relies on the compiler
not using any non-volatile GPRs after the inline asm block. It also
requires a very large and unwieldy inline asm block.

So convert the logic to set registers, wait, and store registers to a
single asm function, meaning there's no window for the compiler to
intervene.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220627140239.2464900-10-mpe@ellerman.id.au