Fwd: GDB 7.8 update (getting closer, new pre-release)

[Alan Modra]

> > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=144bed8d4d8a1bdc0067f55f2ee71c07e5594677
> > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=cca5b8b64b3286bb96cd7a2c18232d1acea85cd9
> >
> > in GDB 7.8. It properly disassembles PLT section in libc.so with
> > IFUNC.
> 
> Can you please have one of the binutils maintainers assess the risk
> level of backporting these patches into 7.8?

I've become a little rusty on the x86 target code but it looks OK to
me.  The simple approach that HJ has taken is quite suited to a
release branch, as compared to redesigning x86_64 ifunc support..
(The latter might be preferable on mainline to avoid the reloc
scanning, if possible, but I leave that decision to HJ.)

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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM