Re: [PATCH] Linux x86/x86_64: <sys/ptrace.h> does not provide some request constants [BZ #22433]

["Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux dot org>]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 10:50:01PM +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Dec 2017, Martin Balao wrote:
> 
> > 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/sys/ptrace.h: New file.
> > 	Constants added: PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA,
> > PTRACE_SET_THREAD_AREA,
> > 	PTRACE_ARCH_PRCTL, PTRACE_SYSEMU and PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP.
> 
> There must never be any installed headers specific to x86_64 or i386, 
> because headers installed for one multilib configuration may be used for 
> all three.  Thus, you need a single header for x86, and if there are any 
> differences between x86_64 (64-bit), x86_64 (x32) and i386, that header 
> must contain appropriate conditionals.

btw, all these sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/*/sys/ptrace.h files share a lot
of common definitions, can we do better than multiplying these files
this way?


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