ARM: 6882/1: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers

The VFP registers are not currently included in coredumps, and there's no existing note type where they can sensibly be included, so this patch defines a dedicated note type for them. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>

ARM: 6882/1: ELF: Define new core note type for VFP registers
The VFP registers are not currently included in coredumps, and there's no existing note type where they can sensibly be included, so this patch defines a dedicated note type for them. Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Dave Martin · Russell King
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include/linux/elf.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
 #define NT_S390_CTRS	0x304		/* s390 control registers */
 #define NT_S390_PREFIX	0x305		/* s390 prefix register */
 #define NT_S390_LAST_BREAK	0x306	/* s390 breaking event address */
+#define NT_ARM_VFP	0x400		/* ARM VFP/NEON registers */
  
  
 /* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */
...	...	@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
395	395	#define NT_S390_CTRS 0x304 /* s390 control registers */
396	396	#define NT_S390_PREFIX 0x305 /* s390 prefix register */
397	397	#define NT_S390_LAST_BREAK 0x306 /* s390 breaking event address */
	398	+#define NT_ARM_VFP 0x400 /* ARM VFP/NEON registers */
398	399
399	400
400	401	/* Note header in a PT_NOTE section */