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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/20] scripts/gdb: Add is_target_arch helper
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>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> writes:

Jan> +def is_target_arch(arch):
Jan> +	global target_arch
Jan> +	if target_arch == None:
Jan> +		target_arch = gdb.execute("show architecture", False, True)
Jan> +	return target_arch.find(arch) >= 0

FYI - the next gdb will have a Frame.architecture method for getting the
architecture of a frame.  You might consider using it when it is
available.  "show architecture" is mildly unfortunate to cache given its
"auto" behavior.

Tom