Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] GDB support for more powerpc registers on linux

Pedro Franco de Carvalho
2018-08-16T16:46:00Z

Pedro Franco de Carvalho <pedromfc@linux.ibm.com> writes:

> These are all the changes compared to V2, following the suggestions
> there, and following the changes to linux-tdep.c:
>
> * Adapted "Zero-initialize linux note sections" due to recent changes
> from commit a616bb9450.
>
> * Added a comment to "Zero-initialize linux note sections"
>
> * Adapted all the four main patches that enable the registers
> (PPR/DSCR, TAR, EBB/PMU and HTM) to account for the changes from
> commit a616bb9450.
>
> * De-duplicated testcase names. Changed a few of the test names so
> that they are environment-independent. Fixed a few other minor
> issues with the testcases.
>
> * Changed one of the testcases for the HTM registers so that it
> XFAILs. This testcase occasionally failed, possibly due to a kernel
> bug.
>
> * Fixed some of the formatting and const-correctness in "[PowerPC] Add
> support for HTM registers", in gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c.
>
> * Added an item in the NEWS file on the last commit, indicating all
> the newly supported registers from this series.

Considering Ulrich had already approved the V2 patches, do these changes
need to be re-approved, or can they be considered as obvious, and can I
commit them?

I don't know if a NEWS item counts as obvious, but if not, I can submit
it in a separate patch.

Thanks!

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Pedro Franco de Carvalho