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+#ifndef _PPC_PTRACE_H
+#define _PPC_PTRACE_H
+
+/*
+ * This struct defines the way the registers are stored on the
+ * kernel stack during a system call or other kernel entry.
+ *
+ * this should only contain volatile regs
+ * since we can keep non-volatile in the thread_struct
+ * should set this up when only volatiles are saved
+ * by intr code.
+ *
+ * Since this is going on the stack, *CARE MUST BE TAKEN* to insure
+ * that the overall structure is a multiple of 16 bytes in length.
+ *
+ * Note that the offsets of the fields in this struct correspond with
+ * the PT_* values below.  This simplifies arch/ppc/kernel/ptrace.c.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+struct pt_regs {
+	unsigned long gpr[32];
+	unsigned long nip;
+	unsigned long msr;
+	unsigned long orig_gpr3;	/* Used for restarting system calls */
+	unsigned long ctr;
+	unsigned long link;
+	unsigned long xer;
+	unsigned long ccr;
+	unsigned long mq;		/* 601 only (not used at present) */
+					/* Used on APUS to hold IPL value. */
+	unsigned long trap;		/* Reason for being here */
+	/* N.B. for critical exceptions on 4xx, the dar and dsisr
+	   fields are overloaded to hold srr0 and srr1. */
+	unsigned long dar;		/* Fault registers */
+	unsigned long dsisr;		/* on 4xx/Book-E used for ESR */
+	unsigned long result; 		/* Result of a system call */
+};
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD	16	/* size of minimum stack frame */
+
+/* Size of stack frame allocated when calling signal handler. */
+#define __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE	64
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->nip)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+extern unsigned long profile_pc(struct pt_regs *regs);
+#else
+#define profile_pc(regs) instruction_pointer(regs)
+#endif
+
+#define user_mode(regs) (((regs)->msr & MSR_PR) != 0)
+
+#define force_successful_syscall_return()   \
+	do { \
+		current_thread_info()->local_flags |= _TIFL_FORCE_NOERROR; \
+	} while(0)
+
+/*
+ * We use the least-significant bit of the trap field to indicate
+ * whether we have saved the full set of registers, or only a
+ * partial set.  A 1 there means the partial set.
+ * On 4xx we use the next bit to indicate whether the exception
+ * is a critical exception (1 means it is).
+ */
+#define FULL_REGS(regs)		(((regs)->trap & 1) == 0)
+#define IS_CRITICAL_EXC(regs)	(((regs)->trap & 2) == 0)
+#define TRAP(regs)		((regs)->trap & ~0xF)
+
+#define CHECK_FULL_REGS(regs)						      \
+do {									      \
+	if ((regs)->trap & 1)						      \
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "%s: partial register set\n", __FUNCTION__); \
+} while (0)
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+
+/*
+ * Offsets used by 'ptrace' system call interface.
+ * These can't be changed without breaking binary compatibility
+ * with MkLinux, etc.
+ */
+#define PT_R0	0
+#define PT_R1	1
+#define PT_R2	2
+#define PT_R3	3
+#define PT_R4	4
+#define PT_R5	5
+#define PT_R6	6
+#define PT_R7	7
+#define PT_R8	8
+#define PT_R9	9
+#define PT_R10	10
+#define PT_R11	11
+#define PT_R12	12
+#define PT_R13	13
+#define PT_R14	14
+#define PT_R15	15
+#define PT_R16	16
+#define PT_R17	17
+#define PT_R18	18
+#define PT_R19	19
+#define PT_R20	20
+#define PT_R21	21
+#define PT_R22	22
+#define PT_R23	23
+#define PT_R24	24
+#define PT_R25	25
+#define PT_R26	26
+#define PT_R27	27
+#define PT_R28	28
+#define PT_R29	29
+#define PT_R30	30
+#define PT_R31	31
+
+#define PT_NIP	32
+#define PT_MSR	33
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define PT_ORIG_R3 34
+#endif
+#define PT_CTR	35
+#define PT_LNK	36
+#define PT_XER	37
+#define PT_CCR	38
+#define PT_MQ	39
+
+#define PT_FPR0	48	/* each FP reg occupies 2 slots in this space */
+#define PT_FPR31 (PT_FPR0 + 2*31)
+#define PT_FPSCR (PT_FPR0 + 2*32 + 1)
+
+/* Get/set all the altivec registers vr0..vr31, vscr, vrsave, in one go */
+#define PTRACE_GETVRREGS	18
+#define PTRACE_SETVRREGS	19
+
+/* Get/set all the upper 32-bits of the SPE registers, accumulator, and
+ * spefscr, in one go */
+#define PTRACE_GETEVRREGS	20
+#define PTRACE_SETEVRREGS	21
+
+#endif