Re: [PATCH v1 10/10] gdb/linux: add helpers to read AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4

[Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com>]

On 21/07/2026 22:58, Luis wrote:
> On 09/07/2026 07:44, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
>> Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com> writes:
>>
>>> Add linux_get_hwcap3 and linux_get_hwcap4 helpers to GDB and gdbserver,
>>> mirroring the existing linux_get_hwcap and linux_get_hwcap2 interfaces.
>>>
>>> The new helpers retrieve the AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4 auxiliary vector
>>> entry either from explicitly supplied auxv data or from the current
>>> inferior.
>>>
>>> This prepares for future features that depend on HWCAP3 and HWCAP4
>>> capability bits.
>>> ---
>>>   gdb/linux-tdep.c       | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   gdb/linux-tdep.h       | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   gdbserver/linux-low.cc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   gdbserver/linux-low.h  |  8 ++++++++
>>>   4 files changed, 96 insertions(+)
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
>>
>> Like in the previous patch, there's nothing in this patch series that
>> uses these helpers, so IMHO (other maintainers may disagree) it makes
>> more sense if this patch is committed together with a patch that makes
>> use of them.
>>
> 
> Agreed. Or should be its own patch instead of a part of this series.

Moved to its own patch:
https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb-patches/20260727172831.121566-1-matthieu.longo@arm.com/

Matthieu