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authorSergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>2013-12-28 14:14:11 -0200
committerSergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>2013-12-28 14:14:11 -0200
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Implement SystemTap SDT probe support for AArch64
This commit implements the needed bits for SystemTap SDT probe support on AArch64 architectures. First, I started by looking at AArch64 assembly specification and filling the necessary options on gdbarch's stap machinery in order to make the generic asm parser (implemented in stap-probe.c) recognize AArch64's asm. After my last patch for the SystemTap SDT API, which extends it in order to accept multiple prefixes and suffixes, this patch became simpler. I also followed Marcus suggestion and did not shared code between 32- and 64-bit ARM. Tom asked me in a previous message how I did my tests. I believe I replied that, but just in case: I ran the tests on gdb.base/stap-probe.exp by hand. I also managed to run the tests on real hardware, and they pass without regressions. 2013-12-28 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> PR tdep/15653 * NEWS: Mention SystemTap SDT probe support for AArch64 GNU/Linux. * aarch64-linux-tdep.c: Include necessary headers for parsing of SystemTap SDT probes. (aarch64_stap_is_single_operand): New function. (aarch64_stap_parse_special_token): Likewise. (aarch64_linux_init_abi): Declare SystemTap SDT probe argument prefixes and suffixes. Initialize gdbarch with them.
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*** Changes since GDB 7.6
+* GDB now supports SystemTap SDT probes on AArch64 GNU/Linux.
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* GDB now supports Fission DWP file format version 2.
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/DebugFission