Re: [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX) support

[Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>]

 Am Freitag, 17. Juli 2026 um 14:54:59 MESZ hat Schimpe, Christina <christina.schimpe@intel.com> Folgendes geschrieben:

> Hi Hannes,
> 
> Thank you for working on this.
> It appears that this patch uses the same commit message header as patch #8. Is it
> intentional that these are separate commits?

This one is the gdb part, and #8 is the gdbserver part, that is stated in the title.


> In any case, IMO, commit messages should not have identical headers. Also, this
> patch seems big enough for a commit message which is not header only. :)
> 
> Do any AVX-* specific tests pass on Windows now? If so, it would be helpful to
> mention that in the commit message as well.

I actually planned to add that info, but forgot.

These tests then pass on Windows:
gdb.arch/i386-avx.exp
gdb.arch/i386-avx512.exp


> I have not looked at the code yet, but I have one additional comment regarding
> the NEWS entry.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
> > Sent: Sonntag, 12. Juli 2026 13:32
> > To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> > Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX) support
> >
> > ---
> >  gdb/NEWS              |  2 +
> >  gdb/x86-windows-nat.c | 112
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  2 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> > index ec9b5a33787..759c544d3b6 100644
> > --- a/gdb/NEWS
> > +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> > @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
> >    intent to remove it in a future release.
> >    The s390 64-bit target (s390x-*) remains supported.
> >
> > +* Support for Intel AVX variables on Windows.
> 
> What do you mean with variables? I think it could be helpful if you are
> a bit more specific here. For linux there are several examples in the NEWS file,
> for instance:
> 
> * Support for Intel AVX-512 registers on GNU/Linux.
>   Support displaying and modifying Intel AVX-512 registers
>   $zmm0 - $zmm31 and $k0 - $k7 on GNU/Linux.

That's a good point.
I also wonder why I said variables instead of registers.

These registers are working then:
$xmm0 - $xmm31
$ymm0 - $ymm31
$zmm0 - $zmm31
$k0 - $k7


> Have you also considered to add some documentation in gdb.texinfo ?

Not really.
And I just looked, and couldn't find similar info in there for Linux.


Hannes