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    regset: new method and helpers for it · 7717cb9b
    Al Viro authored
    ->regset_get() takes task+regset+buffer, returns the amount of free space
    left in the buffer on success and -E... on error.
    
    buffer is represented as struct membuf - a pair of (kernel) pointer
    and amount of space left
    
    Primitives for writing to such:
    	* membuf_write(buf, data, size)
    	* membuf_zero(buf, size)
    	* membuf_store(buf, value)
    
    These are implemented as inlines (in case of membuf_store - a macro).
    All writes are sequential; they become no-ops when there's no space
    left.  Return value of all primitives is the amount of space left
    after the operation, so they can be used as return values of ->regset_get().
    
    Example of use:
    
    // stores pt_regs of task + 64 bytes worth of zeroes + 32bit PID of task
    int foo_get(struct task_struct *task, const struct regset *regset,
    	    struct membuf to)
    {
    	membuf_write(&to, task_pt_regs(task), sizeof(struct pt_regs));
    	membuf_zero(&to, 64);
    	return membuf_store(&to, (u32)task_tgid_vnr(task));
    }
    
    regset_get()/regset_get_alloc() taught to use that thing if present.
    By the end of the series all users of ->get() will be converted;
    then ->get() and ->get_size() can go.
    
    Note that unlike ->get() this thing always starts at offset 0 and,
    since it only writes to kernel buffer, can't fail on copyout.
    It can, of course, fail for other reasons, but those tend to
    be less numerous.
    
    The caller guarantees that the buffer size won't be bigger than
    regset->n * regset->size.  That simplifies life for quite a few
    instances.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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