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+/*
+ *  linux/arch/ppc64/kernel/ptrace-common.h
+ *
+ *    Copyright (c) 2002 Stephen Rothwell, IBM Coproration
+ *    Extracted from ptrace.c and ptrace32.c
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General
+ * Public License.  See the file README.legal in the main directory of
+ * this archive for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PPC64_PTRACE_COMMON_H
+#define _PPC64_PTRACE_COMMON_H
+/*
+ * Set of msr bits that gdb can change on behalf of a process.
+ */
+#define MSR_DEBUGCHANGE	(MSR_FE0 | MSR_SE | MSR_BE | MSR_FE1)
+
+/*
+ * Get contents of register REGNO in task TASK.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long get_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno)
+{
+	unsigned long tmp = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Put the correct FP bits in, they might be wrong as a result
+	 * of our lazy FP restore.
+	 */
+	if (regno == PT_MSR) {
+		tmp = ((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[PT_MSR];
+		tmp |= task->thread.fpexc_mode;
+	} else if (regno < (sizeof(struct pt_regs) / sizeof(unsigned long))) {
+		tmp = ((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno];
+	}
+
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write contents of register REGNO in task TASK.
+ */
+static inline int put_reg(struct task_struct *task, int regno,
+			  unsigned long data)
+{
+	if (regno < PT_SOFTE) {
+		if (regno == PT_MSR)
+			data = (data & MSR_DEBUGCHANGE)
+				| (task->thread.regs->msr & ~MSR_DEBUGCHANGE);
+		((unsigned long *)task->thread.regs)[regno] = data;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
+static inline void set_single_step(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct pt_regs *regs = task->thread.regs;
+	if (regs != NULL)
+		regs->msr |= MSR_SE;
+	set_ti_thread_flag(task->thread_info, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_single_step(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct pt_regs *regs = task->thread.regs;
+	if (regs != NULL)
+		regs->msr &= ~MSR_SE;
+	clear_ti_thread_flag(task->thread_info, TIF_SINGLESTEP);
+}
+
+#endif /* _PPC64_PTRACE_COMMON_H */