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-rw-r--r--gdb/nat/linux-btrace.c28
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/nat/linux-btrace.c b/gdb/nat/linux-btrace.c
index 3093a5c..e7aff5e 100644
--- a/gdb/nat/linux-btrace.c
+++ b/gdb/nat/linux-btrace.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
/* A branch trace record in perf_event. */
struct perf_event_bts
@@ -102,6 +103,31 @@ perf_event_new_data (const struct perf_event_buffer *pev)
return *pev->data_head != pev->last_head;
}
+/* Try to determine the size of a pointer in bits for the OS.
+
+ This is the same as the size of a pointer for the inferior process
+ except when a 32-bit inferior is running on a 64-bit OS. */
+
+static int
+linux_determine_kernel_ptr_bits (void)
+{
+ struct utsname utsn;
+ int errcode;
+
+ memset (&utsn, 0, sizeof (utsn));
+
+ errcode = uname (&utsn);
+ if (errcode < 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* We only need to handle the 64-bit host case, here. For 32-bit host,
+ the pointer size can be filled in later based on the inferior. */
+ if (strcmp (utsn.machine, "x86_64") == 0)
+ return 64;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
/* Check whether an address is in the kernel. */
static inline int
@@ -434,7 +460,7 @@ linux_enable_bts (ptid_t ptid, const struct btrace_config_bts *conf)
tinfo = xzalloc (sizeof (*tinfo));
tinfo->ptid = ptid;
- tinfo->ptr_bits = 0;
+ tinfo->ptr_bits = linux_determine_kernel_ptr_bits ();
tinfo->conf.format = BTRACE_FORMAT_BTS;
bts = &tinfo->variant.bts;