1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 56f2d63a5cbb..c5eab89da51e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@
 #define PTRACE_GETSIGINFO       0x4202
 #define PTRACE_SETSIGINFO       0x4203
 
+/*
+ * Generic ptrace interface that exports the architecture specific regsets
+ * using the corresponding NT_* types (which are also used in the core dump).
+ * Please note that the NT_PRSTATUS note type in a core dump contains a full
+ * 'struct elf_prstatus'. But the user_regset for NT_PRSTATUS contains just the
+ * elf_gregset_t that is the pr_reg field of 'struct elf_prstatus'. For all the
+ * other user_regset flavors, the user_regset layout and the ELF core dump note
+ * payload are exactly the same layout.
+ *
+ * This interface usage is as follows:
+ *      struct iovec iov = { buf, len};
+ *
+ *      ret = ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET, pid, NT_XXX_TYPE, &iov);
+ *
+ * On the successful completion, iov.len will be updated by the kernel,
+ * specifying how much the kernel has written/read to/from the user's iov.buf.
+ */
+#define PTRACE_GETREGSET        0x4204
+#define PTRACE_SETREGSET        0x4205
+
 /* options set using PTRACE_SETOPTIONS */
 #define PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD   0x00000001
 #define PTRACE_O_TRACEFORK      0x00000002