[PATCH 0/4] Some File I/O improvements for embedded programming

[Julio Guerra <guerr@julio.in>]

These patches bring some improvements to the File I/Os to allow advanced uses in
embedded debugging/testing libraries mainly by:
- Exporting the include/gdb/fileio.h which contains the File I/O-specific types
  to be able to reuse them in the target programs sending/receiving them.
- Allowing opening special files, for example to mockup APIs through host's,
  using fifos, etc.

Suggested a few years ago in the mailing-list:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2016-07/msg00003.html

Julio Guerra (4):
  Remove the restriction of File I/O functions to regular files only
  Do not clear the value of st_dev in File I/O's stat()
  Explicit fixed-width integral File I/O protocol types
  Install gdb/fileio.h

 gdb/ChangeLog        | 20 +++++++++++++++
 gdb/Makefile.in      |  3 ++-
 gdb/common/fileio.c  | 39 +++++++++++++++--------------
 gdb/common/fileio.h  |  8 +++---
 gdb/remote-fileio.c  | 51 ++++++++++----------------------------
 include/gdb/fileio.h | 58 +++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 6 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)

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