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powerpc: add exit_flags field in pt_regs

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Add a new field `exit_flags` in the pt_regs structure. This field will hold
the flags set during interrupt or syscall execution that are required during
exit to user mode.

Specifically, the `TIF_RESTOREALL` flag, stored in this field, helps the
exit routine determine if any NVGPRs were modified and need to be restored
before returning to userspace.

This addition ensures a clean and architecture-specific mechanism to track
per-syscall or per-interrupt state transitions related to register restore.

Changes:
 - Add `exit_flags` and `__pt_regs_pad` to maintain 16-byte stack alignment
 - Update asm-offsets.c and ptrace.c for offset and validation
 - Update PT_* constants in uapi header to reflect the new layout

Signed-off-by: Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya <mchauras@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Samir M <samir@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260427122742.210074-6-mkchauras@gmail.com
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Mukesh Kumar Chaurasiya 2026-04-27 17:57:39 +05:30 • committed by Madhavan Srinivasan
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