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[binutils-gdb] Add support for bound table in the Intel MPX context.


*** TEST RESULTS FOR COMMIT 29c1c24429a099eca297080dba56a8c090e3136a ***

Author: Walfred Tedeschi <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
Branch: master
Commit: 29c1c24429a099eca297080dba56a8c090e3136a

Add support for bound table in the Intel MPX context.
Intel(R) Memory protection bound information are located in register
to be tested using the MPX new instructions. Since the number of
bound registers are limited a table is used to provide storage for
bounds during run-time.

In order to investigate the contents of the MPX bound table two new
commands are added to GDB.  "show mpx bound" and "set mpx bound" are
used to display and set values on the MPX bound table.

2015-04-20  Walfred Tedeschi  <walfred.tedeschi@intel.com>
            Mircea Gherzan  <mircea.gherzan@intel.com>

	* i386-tdep.c (MPX_BASE_MASK, MPX_BD_MASK, MPX_BT_MASK, MPX_BD_MASK_32,
	MPX_BT_MASK_32): New macros.
	(i386_mpx_set_bounds): New function that implements
	the command "set-mpx-bound".
	(i386_mpx_enabled) Helper function to test MPX availability.
	(i386_mpx_bd_base) Helper function to calculate the base directory
	address. (i386_mpx_get_bt_entry) Helper function to access a bound
	table entry. (i386_mpx_print_bounds) Effectively display bound
	information. (_initialize_i386_tdep): Qdd new commands
	to commands "set mpx" and "show mpx". (_initialize_i386_tdep):
	Add "bound" to the commands "show mpx" and "set mpx" commands.
	(mpx_set_cmdlist and mpx_show_cmdlist):
	list for the new prefixed "set mpx" and "show mpx" commands.
	* NEWS: List new commands for MPX support.

testsuite:

	* gdb.arch/i386-mpx-map.c: New file.
	* gdb.arch/i386-mpx-map.exp: New File.

doc:
	* gdb.texinfo (i386): Add documentation about "show mpx bound"
	and "set mpx bound".


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