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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2009-05-07 14:50:41 +0000
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@gnat.com>2009-05-07 14:50:41 +0000
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* gdbarch.h (target_gdbarch): Add comment documenting this global.
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2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8271e5a..3950030 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-2009-05-06 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+2009-05-07 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+ * gdbarch.h (target_gdbarch): Add comment documenting this global.
+
+2009-05-06 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* acinclude.m4 (AM_ICONV): Prefer in-tree libiconv if present over
system iconv.
* configure: Regenerate.
-2009-05-06 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+2009-05-06 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* utils.c: Add include of gdb_usleep.h.
(defaulted_query): Detect false EOF conditions that happen
diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.h b/gdb/gdbarch.h
index 5e508d7..e844f52 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.h
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ struct displaced_step_closure;
struct core_regset_section;
extern struct gdbarch *current_gdbarch;
+
+/* The architecture associated with the connection to the target.
+
+ The architecture vector provides some information that is really
+ a property of the target: The layout of certain packets, for instance;
+ or the solib_ops vector. Etc. To differentiate architecture accesses
+ to per-target properties from per-thread/per-frame/per-objfile properties,
+ accesses to per-target properties should be made through target_gdbarch.
+
+ Eventually, when support for multiple targets is implemented in
+ GDB, this global should be made target-specific. */
extern struct gdbarch *target_gdbarch;