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

[Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>]

On 3/14/25 12:46 PM, Tom de Vries wrote:
> 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.
Not really, feel free to go with Andrew's suggestion :)

-- 
Cheers,
Guinevere Larsen
She/Her/Hers

>
> 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
>>
>