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[PATCH master+7.12] Determine target description for native aarch64


I find the following test fail when I test native aarch64 gdb with
arm program,

(gdb) PASS: gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp: attach
set architecture arm^M
warning: Selected architecture arm is not compatible with reported target architecture aarch64^M
Architecture `arm' not recognized.^M
The target architecture is set automatically (currently aarch64)^M
(gdb) FAIL: gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp: set architecture arm

GDB thinks the target is aarch64, but it isn't.  Nowadays, we are
using some entries AT_PHENT and AT_HWCAP in auxv to determine whether
the process is a 32-bit arm one or 64-bit aarch64 one, and get the
right gdbarch.  However, in the process of parsing auxv (in
inf_ptrace_auxv_parse), the size of int and data pointer of
target_gdbarch is used.  If debug program exists (in most of cases),
target_gdbarch is already set according to the debug program, which
is arm in my case.  Then, GDB can parse auxv successfully.  However,
in gdb.base/attach-pie-noexec.exp, the debug program is removed,
target_gdbarch is aarch64 when GDB parse auxv, so GDB can't parse
it successfully.

Instead of using auxv, we check the return value of ptrace NT_ARM_VFP.
If the program is an arm process, NT_ARM_VFP is OK, otherwise, error
is returned.

Additionally, we only return tdesc_arm_with_neon for arm process,
because neon is mandatory on ARMv8.

I'll push it in to master and 7.12.

gdb:

2016-08-04  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>

	* aarch64-linux-nat.c (tdesc_arm_with_vfpv3): Remove the
	declaration.
	(aarch64_linux_read_description): Remove code on getting
	auxv and select target description on it.  Select target
	description by the result of NT_ARM_VFP ptrace request.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog           |  8 ++++++++
 gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c | 50 +++++++++++--------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 24a53a5..7f604a7 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-08-04  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
+
+	* aarch64-linux-nat.c (tdesc_arm_with_neon): Remove the
+	declaration.
+	(aarch64_linux_read_description): Remove code on getting
+	auxv and select target description on it.  Select target
+	description by the result of NT_ARM_VFP ptrace request.
+
 2016-08-03  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	PR python/18565:
diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c b/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
index fe1631d..e431637 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-linux-nat.c
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ aarch64_linux_child_post_startup_inferior (struct target_ops *self,
   super_post_startup_inferior (self, ptid);
 }
 
-extern struct target_desc *tdesc_arm_with_vfpv3;
 extern struct target_desc *tdesc_arm_with_neon;
 
 /* Implement the "to_read_description" target_ops method.  */
@@ -489,47 +488,20 @@ extern struct target_desc *tdesc_arm_with_neon;
 static const struct target_desc *
 aarch64_linux_read_description (struct target_ops *ops)
 {
-  CORE_ADDR at_phent;
-
-  if (target_auxv_search (ops, AT_PHENT, &at_phent) == 1)
-    {
-      if (at_phent == sizeof (Elf64_External_Phdr))
-	return tdesc_aarch64;
-      else
-	{
-	  CORE_ADDR arm_hwcap = 0;
-
-	  if (target_auxv_search (ops, AT_HWCAP, &arm_hwcap) != 1)
-	    return ops->beneath->to_read_description (ops->beneath);
-
-#ifndef COMPAT_HWCAP_VFP
-#define COMPAT_HWCAP_VFP        (1 << 6)
-#endif
-#ifndef COMPAT_HWCAP_NEON
-#define COMPAT_HWCAP_NEON       (1 << 12)
-#endif
-#ifndef COMPAT_HWCAP_VFPv3
-#define COMPAT_HWCAP_VFPv3      (1 << 13)
-#endif
-
-	  if (arm_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_VFP)
-	    {
-	      char *buf;
-	      const struct target_desc *result = NULL;
-
-	      if (arm_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_NEON)
-		result = tdesc_arm_with_neon;
-	      else if (arm_hwcap & COMPAT_HWCAP_VFPv3)
-		result = tdesc_arm_with_vfpv3;
+  int ret, tid;
+  gdb_byte regbuf[VFP_REGS_SIZE];
+  struct iovec iovec;
 
-	      return result;
-	    }
+  tid = ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid);
 
-	  return NULL;
-	}
-    }
+  iovec.iov_base = regbuf;
+  iovec.iov_len = VFP_REGS_SIZE;
 
-  return tdesc_aarch64;
+  ret = ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGSET, tid, NT_ARM_VFP, &iovec);
+  if (ret == 0)
+    return tdesc_arm_with_neon;
+  else
+    return tdesc_aarch64;
 }
 
 /* Convert a native/host siginfo object, into/from the siginfo in the
-- 
1.9.1


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