[PATCH v2 0/5] elf: Define note name macros

Baoquan He bhe at redhat.com
Sun Jan 5 22:07:57 PST 2025


On 01/04/25 at 11:38pm, Akihiko Odaki wrote:
> elf.h had a comment saying:
> > 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.
> > The note name for these types is "LINUX", except NT_PRFPREG that is
> > named "CORE".
> 
> However, NT_PRSTATUS is also named "CORE". It is also unclear what
> "these types" refers to.
> 
> To fix these problems, define a name for each note type. The added
> definitions are macros so the kernel and userspace can directly refer to
> them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki at daynix.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Added a macro definition for each note type instead of trying to
>   describe in a comment.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241225-elf-v1-1-79e940350d50@daynix.com

The entire patchset looks good to me, thx.

Acked-by: Baoquan He <bhe at redhat.com>




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