Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/elf: Add a new .note section containing Xfeatures information to x86 core files

Hi Vignesh,

Vignesh Balasubramanian [off-list ref] writes:

Add a new .note section containing type, size, offset and flags of
every xfeature that is present.

This information will be used by the debuggers to understand the XSAVE
layout of the machine where the core file is dumped, and to read XSAVE
registers, especially during cross-platform debugging.

Co-developed-by: Jini Susan George <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jini Susan George <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Vignesh Balasubramanian <redacted>
---
 arch/Kconfig                   |   9 +++
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig           |   1 +
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/elf.h |   2 -
 arch/x86/Kconfig               |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/elf.h     |   7 +++
 arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c   | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/elf.h            |   2 +-
 include/uapi/linux/elf.h       |   1 +
 8 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

IMHO you should split the changes to replace ARCH_HAVE_EXTRA_ELF_NOTES
with CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_EXTRA_ELF_NOTES into a lead-up patch.

cheers