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diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 3ea5750a0f7e..515bff053de8 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -129,6 +129,81 @@ int generic_ptrace_pokedata(struct task_struct *tsk, long addr, long data);
129#define force_successful_syscall_return() do { } while (0) 129#define force_successful_syscall_return() do { } while (0)
130#endif 130#endif
131 131
132/*
133 * <asm/ptrace.h> should define the following things inside #ifdef __KERNEL__.
134 *
135 * These do-nothing inlines are used when the arch does not
136 * implement single-step. The kerneldoc comments are here
137 * to document the interface for all arch definitions.
138 */
139
140#ifndef arch_has_single_step
141/**
142 * arch_has_single_step - does this CPU support user-mode single-step?
143 *
144 * If this is defined, then there must be function declarations or
145 * inlines for user_enable_single_step() and user_disable_single_step().
146 * arch_has_single_step() should evaluate to nonzero iff the machine
147 * supports instruction single-step for user mode.
148 * It can be a constant or it can test a CPU feature bit.
149 */
150#define arch_has_single_step() (0)
151
152/**
153 * user_enable_single_step - single-step in user-mode task
154 * @task: either current or a task stopped in %TASK_TRACED
155 *
156 * This can only be called when arch_has_single_step() has returned nonzero.
157 * Set @task so that when it returns to user mode, it will trap after the
158 * next single instruction executes. If arch_has_block_step() is defined,
159 * this must clear the effects of user_enable_block_step() too.
160 */
161static inline void user_enable_single_step(struct task_struct *task)
162{
163 BUG(); /* This can never be called. */
164}
165
166/**
167 * user_disable_single_step - cancel user-mode single-step
168 * @task: either current or a task stopped in %TASK_TRACED
169 *
170 * Clear @task of the effects of user_enable_single_step() and
171 * user_enable_block_step(). This can be called whether or not either
172 * of those was ever called on @task, and even if arch_has_single_step()
173 * returned zero.
174 */
175static inline void user_disable_single_step(struct task_struct *task)
176{
177}
178#endif /* arch_has_single_step */
179
180#ifndef arch_has_block_step
181/**
182 * arch_has_block_step - does this CPU support user-mode block-step?
183 *
184 * If this is defined, then there must be a function declaration or inline
185 * for user_enable_block_step(), and arch_has_single_step() must be defined
186 * too. arch_has_block_step() should evaluate to nonzero iff the machine
187 * supports step-until-branch for user mode. It can be a constant or it
188 * can test a CPU feature bit.
189 */
190#define arch_has_block_step() (0)
191
192/**
193 * user_enable_block_step - step until branch in user-mode task
194 * @task: either current or a task stopped in %TASK_TRACED
195 *
196 * This can only be called when arch_has_block_step() has returned nonzero,
197 * and will never be called when single-instruction stepping is being used.
198 * Set @task so that when it returns to user mode, it will trap after the
199 * next branch or trap taken.
200 */
201static inline void user_enable_block_step(struct task_struct *task)
202{
203 BUG(); /* This can never be called. */
204}
205#endif /* arch_has_block_step */
206
132#endif 207#endif
133 208
134#endif 209#endif