[PATCH v2 3/8] [PowerPC] Disable regsets using zero sizes in gdbserver

Pedro Franco de Carvalho pedromfc@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon May 21 20:46:00 GMT 2018


Currently the linux-ppc-low.c fill/store functions for extended
regsets check whether they should execute by using the global hwcap
variable.

This patch explicitly sets the regset sizes to zero when needed to
disable them instead, so that the fill/store functions are not called
in the first place by regsets_fetch_inferior_registers in linux-low.c.

gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
yyyy-mm-dd  Pedro Franco de Carvalho  <pedromfc@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	* linux-ppc-low.c (ppc_fill_vsxregset): Remove ppc_hwcap check.
	(ppc_store_vsxregset): Likewise.
	(ppc_fill_vrregset): Likewise.
	(ppc_store_vrregset): Likewise.
	(ppc_fill_evrregset): Likewise.
	(ppc_store_evrregset): Likewise.
	(ppc_regsets): Set VSX/VR/EVR regset sizes to 0.
	(ppc_arch_setup): Iterate through ppc_regsets and set sizes when
	needed.
---
 gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
index 30fcd4115a..b440b0e0a7 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
@@ -467,9 +467,6 @@ ppc_fill_vsxregset (struct regcache *regcache, void *buf)
   int i, base;
   char *regset = (char *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX))
-    return;
-
   base = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "vs0h");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     collect_register (regcache, base + i, &regset[i * 8]);
@@ -481,9 +478,6 @@ ppc_store_vsxregset (struct regcache *regcache, const void *buf)
   int i, base;
   const char *regset = (const char *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_VSX))
-    return;
-
   base = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "vs0h");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     supply_register (regcache, base + i, &regset[i * 8]);
@@ -497,9 +491,6 @@ ppc_fill_vrregset (struct regcache *regcache, void *buf)
   int i, base;
   char *regset = (char *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC))
-    return;
-
   base = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "vr0");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     collect_register (regcache, base + i, &regset[i * 16]);
@@ -514,9 +505,6 @@ ppc_store_vrregset (struct regcache *regcache, const void *buf)
   int i, base;
   const char *regset = (const char *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC))
-    return;
-
   base = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "vr0");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     supply_register (regcache, base + i, &regset[i * 16]);
@@ -538,9 +526,6 @@ ppc_fill_evrregset (struct regcache *regcache, void *buf)
   int i, ev0;
   struct gdb_evrregset_t *regset = (struct gdb_evrregset_t *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE))
-    return;
-
   ev0 = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "ev0h");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     collect_register (regcache, ev0 + i, &regset->evr[i]);
@@ -555,9 +540,6 @@ ppc_store_evrregset (struct regcache *regcache, const void *buf)
   int i, ev0;
   const struct gdb_evrregset_t *regset = (const struct gdb_evrregset_t *) buf;
 
-  if (!(ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE))
-    return;
-
   ev0 = find_regno (regcache->tdesc, "ev0h");
   for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
     supply_register (regcache, ev0 + i, &regset->evr[i]);
@@ -579,11 +561,11 @@ static struct regset_info ppc_regsets[] = {
      fetch them every time, but still fall back to PTRACE_PEEKUSER for the
      general registers.  Some kernels support these, but not the newer
      PPC_PTRACE_GETREGS.  */
-  { PTRACE_GETVSXREGS, PTRACE_SETVSXREGS, 0, SIZEOF_VSXREGS, EXTENDED_REGS,
+  { PTRACE_GETVSXREGS, PTRACE_SETVSXREGS, 0, 0, EXTENDED_REGS,
   ppc_fill_vsxregset, ppc_store_vsxregset },
-  { PTRACE_GETVRREGS, PTRACE_SETVRREGS, 0, SIZEOF_VRREGS, EXTENDED_REGS,
+  { PTRACE_GETVRREGS, PTRACE_SETVRREGS, 0, 0, EXTENDED_REGS,
     ppc_fill_vrregset, ppc_store_vrregset },
-  { PTRACE_GETEVRREGS, PTRACE_SETEVRREGS, 0, 32 * 4 + 8 + 4, EXTENDED_REGS,
+  { PTRACE_GETEVRREGS, PTRACE_SETEVRREGS, 0, 0, EXTENDED_REGS,
     ppc_fill_evrregset, ppc_store_evrregset },
   { 0, 0, 0, 0, GENERAL_REGS, ppc_fill_gregset, NULL },
   NULL_REGSET
@@ -619,7 +601,9 @@ static void
 ppc_arch_setup (void)
 {
   const struct target_desc *tdesc;
+  struct regset_info *regset;
   struct ppc_linux_features features = ppc_linux_no_features;
+
   int tid = lwpid_of (current_thread);
 
   features.wordsize = ppc_linux_target_wordsize (tid);
@@ -671,6 +655,25 @@ ppc_arch_setup (void)
 #endif
 
   current_process ()->tdesc = tdesc;
+
+  for (regset = ppc_regsets; regset->size >= 0; regset++)
+    switch (regset->get_request)
+      {
+      case PTRACE_GETVRREGS:
+	regset->size = features.altivec ? SIZEOF_VRREGS : 0;
+	break;
+      case PTRACE_GETVSXREGS:
+	regset->size = features.vsx ? SIZEOF_VSXREGS : 0;
+	break;
+      case PTRACE_GETEVRREGS:
+	if (ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_SPE)
+	  regset->size = 32 * 4 + 8 + 4;
+	else
+	  regset->size = 0;
+	break;
+      default:
+	break;
+      }
 }
 
 /* Implementation of linux_target_ops method "supports_tracepoints".  */
-- 
2.13.6



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