From: Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Windows gdb: Use allocated buffer for CONTEXT
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:32:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260712113229.3695246-2-ssbssa@yahoo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260712113229.3695246-1-ssbssa@yahoo.de>
This is done in preparation for the XState functions, because the
extended registers are stored directly after the CONTEXT, and its actual
size depends on the available XState features.
---
gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c | 16 ++++++++--------
gdb/nat/windows-nat.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
gdb/nat/windows-nat.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
gdb/windows-nat.c | 1 +
gdbserver/win32-aarch64-low.cc | 10 +++++-----
gdbserver/win32-low.cc | 1 +
6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c b/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
index ff2c9762467..630704a8caf 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-windows-nat.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::cleanup_windows_arch ()
void
aarch64_windows_per_inferior::fill_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
{
- CONTEXT *context = &th->context;
+ CONTEXT *context = th->context;
if (context->ContextFlags == 0)
{
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ aarch64_windows_per_inferior::fill_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
void
aarch64_windows_per_inferior::invalidate_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
{
- CONTEXT *context = &th->context;
+ CONTEXT *context = th->context;
context->ContextFlags = 0;
}
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void
aarch64_windows_nat_target::thread_context_continue (windows_thread_info *th,
int killed)
{
- CONTEXT *context = &th->context;
+ CONTEXT *context = th->context;
if (th->debug_registers_changed)
{
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::thread_context_step (windows_thread_info *th,
bool enable)
{
if (enable)
- th->context.Cpsr |= 0x200000;
+ th->context->Cpsr |= 0x200000;
else
- th->context.Cpsr &= ~0x200000;
+ th->context->Cpsr &= ~0x200000;
}
/* See windows-nat.h. */
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::fetch_one_register (struct regcache *regcache,
{
gdb_assert (r >= 0);
- char *context_ptr = (char *) &th->context;
+ char *context_ptr = (char *) th->context;
char *context_offset = context_ptr + aarch64_windows_process.mappings[r];
struct gdbarch *gdbarch = regcache->arch ();
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ aarch64_windows_nat_target::store_one_register (const struct regcache *regcache,
windows_thread_info *th, int r)
{
gdb_assert (r >= 0);
- gdb_assert (th->context.ContextFlags != 0);
+ gdb_assert (th->context->ContextFlags != 0);
- char *context_ptr = (char *) &th->context;
+ char *context_ptr = (char *) th->context;
regcache->raw_collect (r, context_ptr + aarch64_windows_process.mappings[r]);
}
diff --git a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.c b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.c
index e975892f487..689601f3a82 100644
--- a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.c
@@ -291,6 +291,25 @@ windows_process_info::pid_to_exec_file (int pid)
return path;
}
+/* See windows-nat.h. */
+
+void windows_process_info::initialize_context (windows_thread_info *th)
+{
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+ if (wow64_process)
+ {
+ th->context_buffer.reset (xmalloc (sizeof (WOW64_CONTEXT)));
+ th->wow64_context = (WOW64_CONTEXT *) th->context_buffer.get ();
+ }
+ else
+#endif
+ {
+ th->context_buffer.reset (xmalloc (sizeof (CONTEXT)));
+ th->context = (CONTEXT *) th->context_buffer.get ();
+ }
+ *context_flags_ptr (th) = 0;
+}
+
/* Return the name of the DLL referenced by H at ADDRESS. UNICODE
determines what sort of string is read from the inferior. Returns
the name of the DLL, or NULL on error. If a name is returned, it
diff --git a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
index 44b628c9bd1..76688fa90da 100644
--- a/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
+++ b/gdb/nat/windows-nat.h
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ struct windows_thread_info
/* The context of the thread, including any manipulations. */
union
{
- CONTEXT context {};
+ CONTEXT *context = nullptr;
#ifdef __x86_64__
- WOW64_CONTEXT wow64_context;
+ WOW64_CONTEXT *wow64_context;
#endif
};
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ struct windows_thread_info
/* The name of the thread. */
gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> name;
+
+ /* The buffer for the thread context, including any XState registers if
+ available. */
+ gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<void> context_buffer;
};
enum handle_exception_result
@@ -313,15 +317,19 @@ struct windows_process_info
const char *pid_to_exec_file (int);
+ /* Allocate the context buffer for this thread. */
+
+ void initialize_context (windows_thread_info *th);
+
template<typename Function>
auto with_context (windows_thread_info *th, Function function)
{
#ifdef __x86_64__
if (wow64_process)
- return function (th != nullptr ? &th->wow64_context : nullptr);
+ return function (th != nullptr ? th->wow64_context : nullptr);
else
#endif
- return function (th != nullptr ? &th->context : nullptr);
+ return function (th != nullptr ? th->context : nullptr);
}
DWORD *context_flags_ptr (windows_thread_info *th)
diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c
index def8fa606f4..4cd301d4959 100644
--- a/gdb/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ windows_nat_target::add_thread (ptid_t ptid, HANDLE h, void *tlb,
#endif
windows_private_thread_info *th
= new windows_private_thread_info (windows_process, ptid.lwp (), h, base);
+ windows_process->initialize_context (th);
/* Add this new thread to the list of threads.
diff --git a/gdbserver/win32-aarch64-low.cc b/gdbserver/win32-aarch64-low.cc
index 5a7b72155db..e94548b6fef 100644
--- a/gdbserver/win32-aarch64-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/win32-aarch64-low.cc
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ aarch64_initial_stuff (process_info *proc)
static void
aarch64_get_thread_context (windows_thread_info *th)
{
- CONTEXT *context = &th->context;
+ CONTEXT *context = th->context;
context->ContextFlags = (WindowsContext<decltype(context)>::full
| WindowsContext<decltype(context)>::floating
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ aarch64_prepare_to_resume (windows_thread_info *th)
{
win32_require_context (th);
- CONTEXT *context = &th->context;
+ CONTEXT *context = th->context;
for (int i = 0; i < aarch64_num_bp_regs; i++)
{
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ aarch64_thread_added (windows_thread_info *th)
static void
aarch64_single_step (windows_thread_info *th)
{
- th->context.Cpsr |= 0x200000;
+ th->context->Cpsr |= 0x200000;
}
/* An array of offset mappings into a Win32 Context structure.
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ aarch64_fetch_inferior_register (struct regcache *regcache,
int mappings_count;
get_mappings (mappings, mappings_count);
- char *context_ptr = (char *) &th->context;
+ char *context_ptr = (char *) th->context;
char *context_offset;
if (r < mappings_count)
context_offset = context_ptr + mappings[r];
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ aarch64_store_inferior_register (struct regcache *regcache,
int mappings_count;
get_mappings (mappings, mappings_count);
- char *context_ptr = (char *) &th->context;
+ char *context_ptr = (char *) th->context;
char *context_offset;
if (r < mappings_count)
context_offset = context_ptr + mappings[r];
diff --git a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
index 7629beca213..3d85faf0785 100644
--- a/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/win32-low.cc
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ child_add_thread (DWORD pid, DWORD tid, HANDLE h, void *tlb)
base += 2 * 4096; /* page size = 4096 */
#endif
th = new windows_thread_info (&windows_process, tid, h, base);
+ windows_process.initialize_context (th);
find_process_pid (pid)->add_thread (ptid, th);
--
2.54.0
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2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 1/8] gdb/testsuite: Add Windows replacement for aligned_alloc Hannes Domani
2026-07-12 11:32 ` Hannes Domani [this message]
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 3/8] Windows gdb: Remove mappings member from windows_per_inferior Hannes Domani
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 4/8] Windows gdb: Refactor getting pointer to register inside context Hannes Domani
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 5/8] Windows gdb: Prepare XState functions Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 14:41 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-17 15:04 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 15:07 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 16:22 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 6/8] Windows gdb: Get available XState features Hannes Domani
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX) support Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 12:54 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-17 13:46 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 14:16 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-17 14:49 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 15:26 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-17 16:26 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-17 19:06 ` Schimpe, Christina
2026-07-18 16:06 ` Hannes Domani
2026-07-12 11:32 ` [PATCH 8/8] Windows gdbserver: " Hannes Domani
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