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diff --git a/gdb/target.h b/gdb/target.h
index 176f332..a54b3db 100644
--- a/gdb/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target.h
@@ -461,6 +461,8 @@ struct target_ops
int TARGET_DEBUG_PRINTER (target_debug_print_step),
enum gdb_signal)
TARGET_DEFAULT_NORETURN (noprocess ());
+ void (*to_commit_resume) (struct target_ops *)
+ TARGET_DEFAULT_IGNORE ();
ptid_t (*to_wait) (struct target_ops *,
ptid_t, struct target_waitstatus *,
int TARGET_DEBUG_PRINTER (target_debug_print_options))
@@ -1328,19 +1330,42 @@ extern void target_detach (const char *, int);
extern void target_disconnect (const char *, int);
-/* Resume execution of the target process PTID (or a group of
- threads). STEP says whether to hardware single-step or to run free;
- SIGGNAL is the signal to be given to the target, or GDB_SIGNAL_0 for no
- signal. The caller may not pass GDB_SIGNAL_DEFAULT. A specific
- PTID means `step/resume only this process id'. A wildcard PTID
- (all threads, or all threads of process) means `step/resume
- INFERIOR_PTID, and let other threads (for which the wildcard PTID
- matches) resume with their 'thread->suspend.stop_signal' signal
- (usually GDB_SIGNAL_0) if it is in "pass" state, or with no signal
- if in "no pass" state. */
-
+/* Resume execution (or prepare for execution) of a target thread,
+ process or all processes. STEP says whether to hardware
+ single-step or to run free; SIGGNAL is the signal to be given to
+ the target, or GDB_SIGNAL_0 for no signal. The caller may not pass
+ GDB_SIGNAL_DEFAULT. A specific PTID means `step/resume only this
+ process id'. A wildcard PTID (all threads, or all threads of
+ process) means `step/resume INFERIOR_PTID, and let other threads
+ (for which the wildcard PTID matches) resume with their
+ 'thread->suspend.stop_signal' signal (usually GDB_SIGNAL_0) if it
+ is in "pass" state, or with no signal if in "no pass" state.
+
+ In order to efficiently handle batches of resumption requests,
+ targets may implement this method such that it records the
+ resumption request, but defers the actual resumption to the
+ target_commit_resume method implementation. See
+ target_commit_resume below. */
extern void target_resume (ptid_t ptid, int step, enum gdb_signal signal);
+/* Commit a series of resumption requests previously prepared with
+ target_resume calls.
+
+ GDB always calls target_commit_resume after calling target_resume
+ one or more times. A target may thus use this method in
+ coordination with the target_resume method to batch target-side
+ resumption requests. In that case, the target doesn't actually
+ resume in its target_resume implementation. Instead, it prepares
+ the resumption in target_resume, and defers the actual resumption
+ to target_commit_resume. E.g., the remote target uses this to
+ coalesce multiple resumption requests in a single vCont packet. */
+extern void target_commit_resume ();
+
+/* Setup to defer target_commit_resume calls, and return a cleanup
+ that reactivates target_commit_resume, if it was previously
+ active. */
+struct cleanup *make_cleanup_defer_target_commit_resume ();
+
/* For target_read_memory see target/target.h. */
/* The default target_ops::to_wait implementation. */