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Re: RFA: Overhaul arm-linux signal handling
- From: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:05:31 +0000
- Subject: Re: RFA: Overhaul arm-linux signal handling
- References: <20051116180134.GA18894@nevyn.them.org>
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 18:01, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> This patch rips out the previous ARM signal frame unwinding, and replaces it
> with a more current method. It removes a bunch of deprecated definitions.
>
> It also fixes a bug in RT signals; the offsets were wrong. Probably they
> were right when added around 2000, but the kernel interface hasn't changed
> in quite a while now, so I couldn't pinpoint exactly where they became
> wrong.
>
> And it adds support for the new r7-based, rather than swi based, syscall
> convention for EABI.
>
> Tested by hand on both ARM ABIs. OK?
Yes, OK.
Sorry for the delay replying. I was hoping to run the patch through
NetBSD as well, but the combination of gdb+dejagnu seems to be tripping
a bug somewhere in the kernel so the testsuite keeps hanging.
R.