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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2007-2010, 2011-2012 Synopsys, Inc. (www.synopsys.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Amit Bhor, Sameer Dhavale: Codito Technologies 2004
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
+#define __ASM_ARC_PTRACE_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+/* THE pt_regs: Defines how regs are saved during entry into kernel */
+
+struct pt_regs {
+	/*
+	 * 1 word gutter after reg-file has been saved
+	 * Technically not needed, Since SP always points to a "full" location
+	 * (vs. "empty"). But pt_regs is shared with tools....
+	 */
+	long res;
+
+	/* Real registers */
+	long bta;	/* bta_l1, bta_l2, erbta */
+	long lp_start;
+	long lp_end;
+	long lp_count;
+	long status32;	/* status32_l1, status32_l2, erstatus */
+	long ret;	/* ilink1, ilink2 or eret */
+	long blink;
+	long fp;
+	long r26;	/* gp */
+	long r12;
+	long r11;
+	long r10;
+	long r9;
+	long r8;
+	long r7;
+	long r6;
+	long r5;
+	long r4;
+	long r3;
+	long r2;
+	long r1;
+	long r0;
+	long sp;	/* user/kernel sp depending on where we came from  */
+	long orig_r0;
+	long orig_r8;	/*to distinguish bet excp, sys call, int1 or int2 */
+};
+
+/* Callee saved registers - need to be saved only when you are scheduled out */
+
+struct callee_regs {
+	long res;	/* Again this is not needed */
+	long r25;
+	long r24;
+	long r23;
+	long r22;
+	long r21;
+	long r20;
+	long r19;
+	long r18;
+	long r17;
+	long r16;
+	long r15;
+	long r14;
+	long r13;
+};
+
+#define instruction_pointer(regs)	((regs)->ret)
+#define profile_pc(regs)		instruction_pointer(regs)
+
+/* return 1 if user mode or 0 if kernel mode */
+#define user_mode(regs) (regs->status32 & STATUS_U_MASK)
+
+#define user_stack_pointer(regs)\
+({  unsigned int sp;		\
+	if (user_mode(regs))	\
+		sp = (regs)->sp;\
+	else			\
+		sp = -1;	\
+	sp;			\
+})
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+/*
+ * Userspace ABI: Register state needed by
+ *  -ptrace (gdbserver)
+ *  -sigcontext (SA_SIGNINFO signal frame)
+ *
+ * This is to decouple pt_regs from user-space ABI, to be able to change it
+ * w/o affecting the ABI.
+ * Although the layout (initial padding) is similar to pt_regs to have some
+ * optimizations when copying pt_regs to/from user_regs_struct.
+ *
+ * Also, sigcontext only care about the scratch regs as that is what we really
+ * save/restore for signal handling.
+*/
+struct user_regs_struct {
+
+	struct scratch {
+		long pad;
+		long bta, lp_start, lp_end, lp_count;
+		long status32, ret, blink, fp, gp;
+		long r12, r11, r10, r9, r8, r7, r6, r5, r4, r3, r2, r1, r0;
+		long sp;
+	} scratch;
+	struct callee {
+		long pad;
+		long r25, r24, r23, r22, r21, r20;
+		long r19, r18, r17, r16, r15, r14, r13;
+	} callee;
+	long efa;	/* break pt addr, for break points in delay slots */
+	long stop_pc;	/* give dbg stop_pc directly after checking orig_r8 */
+};
+#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_PTRACE_H */