Merge branch 'x86-ptrace-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'x86-ptrace-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  x86, ptrace: Remove set_stopped_child_used_math() in [x]fpregs_set
  x86, ptrace: Simplify xstateregs_get()
  ptrace: Fix ptrace_regset() comments and diagnose errors specifically
  parisc: Disable CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
  ptrace: Add support for generic PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET
  x86, ptrace: regset extensions to support xstate

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/elf.h b/include/linux/elf.h
index 39ad4b230a4a..ad990c5f63f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/elf.h
+++ b/include/linux/elf.h
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define ELF_OSABI ELFOSABI_NONE
 #endif
 
-/* Notes used in ET_CORE */
+/*
+ * Notes used in ET_CORE. Architectures export some of the arch register sets
+ * using the corresponding note types via the PTRACE_GETREGSET and
+ * PTRACE_SETREGSET requests.
+ */
 #define NT_PRSTATUS     1
 #define NT_PRFPREG      2
 #define NT_PRPSINFO     3
@@ -361,6 +365,7 @@ typedef struct elf64_shdr {
 #define NT_PPC_VSX      0x102           /* PowerPC VSX registers */
 #define NT_386_TLS      0x200           /* i386 TLS slots (struct user_desc) */
 #define NT_386_IOPERM   0x201           /* x86 io permission bitmap (1=deny) */
+#define NT_X86_XSTATE   0x202           /* x86 extended state using xsave */
 #define NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS       0x300   /* s390 upper register halves */
 #define NT_S390_TIMER   0x301           /* s390 timer register */
 #define NT_S390_TODCMP  0x302           /* s390 TOD clock comparator register */