Re: [OE-core] [PATCH V3] gdb: Upgrade 16.3 -> 17.1

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

On Mon Feb 23, 2026 at 12:50 PM CET, Sunil Kumar via lists.openembedded.org Dora wrote:
> From: Sunil Dora <sunilkumar.dora@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
> Added   0009-PR-gdb-33747-gdb-ser-unix-Avoid-musl-build-failure-w.patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Sunil Dora <sunilkumar.dora@windriver.com>
> Co-authored-by: Sundeep Kokkonda <Sundeep.Kokkonda@windriver.com>
> ---

Hi Sunil,

Thanks for the new version.

It looks like we still have a musl issue, but specifically while
building for qemuarm64 machine:

ERROR: gdb-17.1-r0 do_compile: Execution of '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/musl-qemuarm64/build/build/tmp/work/cortexa57-poky-linux-musl/gdb/17.1/temp/run.do_compile.2065169' failed with exit code 1
...
| In file included from ../../sources/gdb-17.1/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.cc:42:
| ../../sources/gdb-17.1/gdbserver/../gdb/arch/aarch64-gcs-linux.h:35:8: error: redefinition of 'struct user_gcs'
|    35 | struct user_gcs
|       |        ^~~~~~~~
| In file included from ../../sources/gdb-17.1/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.cc:35:
| /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/musl-qemuarm64/build/build/tmp/work/cortexa57-poky-linux-musl/gdb/17.1/recipe-sysroot/usr/include/asm/ptrace.h:329:8: note: previous definition of 'struct user_gcs'
|   329 | struct user_gcs {
|       |        ^~~~~~~~

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/111/builds/1970

Can you have a look at it?

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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