Re: [PATCH] gdbstub: update aarch64-core.xml

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org> writes:

> Update aarch64-core.xml to include field definitions for PSTATE, which
> in gdb is modelled in the cpsr (current program status register)
> pseudo-register, named after the actual cpsr register in armv7.
>
> Defining the fields layout of the register allows easy inspection of for
> example, the current exception level (EL):
>
> For example. Before booting a Linux guest, EL=2, but after booting and
> Ctrl-C'ing in gdb, we get EL=0:
>
>   (gdb) info registers $cpsr
>   cpsr           0x20402009          [ SP EL=2 BTYPE=0 PAN C ]
>   (gdb) cont
>   Continuing.
>   ^C
>   Thread 2 received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
>   0x0000ffffaaff286c in ?? ()
>   (gdb) info registers $cpsr
>   cpsr           0x20001000          [ EL=0 BTYPE=0 SSBS C ]
>
> The aarch64-core.xml has been updated to match exactly the version
> retrieved from upstream gdb, retrieved in 2025-05-19 from HEAD commit
> 9f4dc0b137c86f6ff2098cb1ab69442c69d6023d.
>
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=tree;h=9f4dc0b137c86f6ff2098cb1ab69442c69d6023d
>
> Signed-off-by: Manos Pitsidianakis <manos.pitsidianakis@linaro.org>

Queued to gdbstub/next, thanks.

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro