Re: [PATCH] [gdb/tdep] Backport i386_canonicalize_syscall rewrite to gdb-16-branch

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 3/13/25 16:09, Andrew Burgess wrote:
> Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> writes:
> 
>> Commit fbfb29b304e ("[gdb/tdep] Rewrite i386_canonicalize_syscall") fixes
>> PR32770, which reproduces on the gdb-16-branch, but the commit is not ideal
>> for backporting because it completely rewrites i386_canonicalize_syscall.
>>
>> Instead, this is a version of the patch that adds a single line entry for each
>> syscall value for which i386_canonicalize_syscall gives a different result
>> with and without the patch.
>>
>> Consequently, the two versions give identical results.  I've checked this for
>> syscalls 0 to 466.
> 
> Given you've shown that this is equivalent to the version in
> fbfb29b304e, and having taken a look at that commit, I'd be just as
> happy to see that commit merged into the gdb-16-branch.  The patch isn't
> small, but equally, it's pretty contained and straight forward, so I
> don't see huge risk there.
> 
> But if you're happier with this approach in the gdb-16-branch, that's
> fine with me.
> 

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the review.

Gwen, do you have a preference?

If not, given Andrew's assessment, I'll pick the patch from master 
rather than this one.

Thanks,
- Tom

> Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> 
>>
>> Tested on x86_64-linux with target board unix/-m32, on top of gdb-16-branch.
>>
>> PR tdep/32770
>> Bug: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32770
>