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riscv: ptrace: return ENODATA for inactive vector extension
authorIlya Mamay <mmamayka01@gmail.com>
Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:09:56 +0000 (21:09 -0700)
committerPaul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:38:40 +0000 (02:38 -0700)
commit8cdb04bd06c167461b357150b3ca46983eb70dc3
tree152bf11ca966d8c7df95e0699f11e3575f1e2764
parentd30c1683aaecb93d2ab95685dc4300a33d3cea7a
riscv: ptrace: return ENODATA for inactive vector extension

Currently, ptrace returns EINVAL when the vector extension is supported
but not yet activated for the traced process. This error code is not
always appropriate since the ptrace arguments may be valid.

Debug tools like gdbserver expect ENODATA when the requested register
set is not active, e.g. see [1]. This expectation seems to be more
appropriate, so modify the vector ptrace implementation to return:
- EINVAL when V extension is not supported
- ENODATA when V extension is supported but not active

[1] https://github.com/bminor/binutils-gdb/blob/637f25e88675fa47e47f9cc5e2cf37384836b8a2/gdbserver/linux-low.cc#L5020

Signed-off-by: Ilya Mamay <mmamayka01@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Chiu <andybnac@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Andy Chiu <andybnac@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251214163537.1054292-2-geomatsi@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>
arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c