[PATCH v6 3/5] riscv: ptrace support for hardware break/watchpoints
Chen Pei
cp0613 at linux.alibaba.com
Wed Aug 5 06:22:52 PDT 2026
> +struct __riscv_hwdebug_state {
> + unsigned long addr;
> + unsigned long type;
> + unsigned long len;
> + unsigned long ctrl;
> +} __packed;
Hi Himanshu,
Two suggestions about the new UAPI structure added in this patch.
1) Consider __u64 instead of 'unsigned long': its size differs
between rv32 and rv64, so the layout would not be stable across
32-bit and 64-bit userspace (e.g. a future COMPAT path). __u64
keeps the layout identical for both.
2) With all members the same width there is no interior padding, so
__packed can be dropped.
The struct user_hwdebug_state above already uses fixed-width types;
defining this one the same way would be consistent.
Best regards,
Pei
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