Re: [OE-core] [PATCH V2] gdb: Upgrade 16.3 -> 17.1

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Tue Dec 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM CET, Sundeep KOKKONDA via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Sundeep KOKKONDA <sundeep.kokkonda@windriver.com>
>
> GDB 17.1 includes the following changes and enhancements:
> https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-17.1-release
>
>  * x86-64 CET shadow stack support
>  * Debugging Linux programs that use AArch64 Guarded Control Stacks
>  * GDB record feature now supports rv64gc architectures
>  * 'info threads' command support for two new options '-stopped' and '-running'
>     to limit the list of displayed threads.
>  * On Linux and FreeBSD, the addresses shown by the 'info sharedlibrary' command
>    are now for the full memory range allocated to the shared library.
>  * Linux checkpoints now work with multiple inferiors
>  * Improved linker namespace support
>  * Warnings and error messages now start with an emoji (warning sign,
>    or cross mark) if supported by the host charset. Configurable.
>  * Built-in support for TLS on Linux as backup when libthread_db is not
>    available. Supported on the x86_64, aarch64, ppc64, s390x, and riscv
>    architectures, when compiled with GLIBC or MUSL.
>  * New command "set riscv numeric-register-names" to display risc-v
>    registers using their numeric names instead of their ABI names.
>  * The Alpha target now supports target descriptions.
>  * Python API enhancements
>  * Support for Python versions older than 3.4 has been removed.
>
> Dropped 0009-Readline-8.3-alpha-release.patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Sundeep KOKKONDA <sundeep.kokkonda@windriver.com>
> ---

Hi Sundeep,

Thanks for your patch.

It looks like this is breaking builds with musl:

ERROR: gdb-17.1-r0 do_compile: Execution of '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/musl-qemux86-64/build/build/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-poky-linux-musl/gdb/17.1/temp/run.do_compile.4040458' failed with exit code 1
...
| ../../sources/gdb-17.1/gdb/ser-unix.c: In function 'void set_custom_baudrate_linux(int, int)':
| ../../sources/gdb-17.1/gdb/ser-unix.c:532:7: error: 'struct termios' has no member named 'c_ospeed'; did you mean '__c_ospeed'?
|   532 |   tio.c_ospeed = rate;
|       |       ^~~~~~~~
|       |       __c_ospeed

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/3/builds/2974
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/6/builds/2939

Can you have a look at this?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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