powerpc/ptrace: Simplify gpr_get()/tm_cgpr_get()
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:02:21 +0000 (17:02 +0100)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:05:42 +0000 (22:05 +1100)
commit640586f8af356096e084d69a9909d217852bde48
treef25479b356c791dfd0087c2fd5f7d18638d71d63
parent20fa40b147bda9b976227c11ea7afb369827e7d4
powerpc/ptrace: Simplify gpr_get()/tm_cgpr_get()

gpr_get() does membuf_write() twice to override pt_regs->msr in
between. We can call membuf_write() once and change ->msr in the
kernel buffer, this simplifies the code and the next fix.

The patch adds a new simple helper, membuf_at(offs), it returns the
new membuf which can be safely used after membuf_write().

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
[mpe: Fixup some minor whitespace issues noticed by Christophe]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201119160221.GA5188@redhat.com
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-tm.c
arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace/ptrace-view.c
include/linux/regset.h