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ARM: 5866/1: arm ptrace: use unsigned types for kernel pt_regs

Make registers unsigned for kernel space. This is important for
example in the perf events where the PC is stored into a u64. We
don't want it sign extended so make the regs unsigned to prevent
casts throughout the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie.iles@picochip.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Jamie Iles 15 years ago
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      arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h

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arch/arm/include/asm/ptrace.h

@@ -97,9 +97,15 @@
  * stack during a system call.  Note that sizeof(struct pt_regs)
  * has to be a multiple of 8.
  */
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
 struct pt_regs {
 	long uregs[18];
 };
+#else /* __KERNEL__ */
+struct pt_regs {
+	unsigned long uregs[18];
+};
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #define ARM_cpsr	uregs[16]
 #define ARM_pc		uregs[15]