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diff --git a/gdb/nat/linux-procfs.h b/gdb/nat/linux-procfs.h
index 0c80622..4b02d31 100644
--- a/gdb/nat/linux-procfs.h
+++ b/gdb/nat/linux-procfs.h
@@ -87,9 +87,19 @@ extern int linux_proc_task_list_dir_exists (pid_t pid);
/* Return the full absolute name of the executable file that was run
to create the process PID. The returned value persists until this
- function is next called. */
+ function is next called.
-extern const char *linux_proc_pid_to_exec_file (int pid);
+ LOCAL_FS should be true if the file returned from the function will
+ be searched for in the same filesystem as GDB itself is running.
+ In practice, this means LOCAL_FS should be true if PID and GDB are
+ running in the same MNT namespace and GDB's sysroot is either the
+ empty string, or is 'target:'.
+
+ When used from gdbserver, where there is no sysroot, the only check
+ that matters is that PID and gdbserver are running in the same MNT
+ namespace. */
+
+extern const char *linux_proc_pid_to_exec_file (int pid, bool local_fs);
/* Display possible problems on this system. Display them only once
per GDB execution. */