RE: [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX) support

["Schimpe, Christina" <christina.schimpe@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
> Sent: Freitag, 17. Juli 2026 15:47
> To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Schimpe, Christina
> <christina.schimpe@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX) support
> 
>  Am Freitag, 17. Juli 2026 um 14:54:59 MESZ hat Schimpe, Christina
> <christina.schimpe@intel.com> Folgendes geschrieben:
> 
> > Hi Hannes,
> >
> > Thank you for working on this.
> > It appears that this patch uses the same commit message header as
> > patch #8. Is it intentional that these are separate commits?
> 
> This one is the gdb part, and #8 is the gdbserver part, that is stated in the
> title.

Oups, I wonder how I came to that conclusion.  Sorry for that.

> 
> > In any case, IMO, commit messages should not have identical headers.
> > Also, this patch seems big enough for a commit message which is not
> > header only. :)

This part still stands for the commit message. Since it's not only avx registers,
I believe it makes sense to share more details here.

> > Do any AVX-* specific tests pass on Windows now? If so, it would be
> > helpful to mention that in the commit message as well.
> 
> I actually planned to add that info, but forgot.
> 
> These tests then pass on Windows:
> gdb.arch/i386-avx.exp
> gdb.arch/i386-avx512.exp

What's the state for SSE  (gdb.arch/i386-sse.exp) ?

I also saw you introduced some code for PKRU and the shadow stack pointer. 
We have GDB tests for those registers, too:
- gdb.arch/i386-pkru.exp
- gdb.arch/amd64-shadow-stack*.exp

> 
> > I have not looked at the code yet, but I have one additional comment
> > regarding the NEWS entry.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
> > > Sent: Sonntag, 12. Juli 2026 13:32
> > > To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> > > Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Windows gdb: Implement XState (Intel AVX)
> > > support
> > >
> > > ---
> > >  gdb/NEWS              |  2 +
> > >  gdb/x86-windows-nat.c | 112
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > >  2 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> > > index ec9b5a33787..759c544d3b6 100644
> > > --- a/gdb/NEWS
> > > +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> > > @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
> > >    intent to remove it in a future release.
> > >    The s390 64-bit target (s390x-*) remains supported.
> > >
> > > +* Support for Intel AVX variables on Windows.
> >
> > What do you mean with variables? I think it could be helpful if you
> > are a bit more specific here. For linux there are several examples in
> > the NEWS file, for instance:
> >
> > * Support for Intel AVX-512 registers on GNU/Linux.
> >   Support displaying and modifying Intel AVX-512 registers
> >   $zmm0 - $zmm31 and $k0 - $k7 on GNU/Linux.
> 
> That's a good point.
> I also wonder why I said variables instead of registers.
> 
> These registers are working then:
> $xmm0 - $xmm31
> $ymm0 - $ymm31
> $zmm0 - $zmm31
> $k0 - $k7
> 
> 
> > Have you also considered to add some documentation in gdb.texinfo ?
> 
> Not really.
> And I just looked, and couldn't find similar info in there for Linux.
> 
> 
> Hannes

Thanks,
Christina
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