Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] SME support for AArch64 gdb/gdbserver on Linux

[Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com>]

Hi,

On 9/13/23 04:03, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
> 
> Hello Luis,
> 
> Luis Machado <luis.machado@arm.com> writes:
> 
>> The following series enables SME 1 (Scalable Matrix Extension) support for
>> AArch64 gdb and gdbserver.
>>
>> SME expands on SVE by having a variable-sized matrix (ZA) of dimensions
>> SVL x SVL bytes.
>>
>> The first few patches and some intermediate ones refactor the code and fix
>> issues prior to enabling SME support, and thus could go in independently.
>>
>> I've kept them in the series as they are closely/logically related.
>>
>> Luis Machado (16):
>>   [gdb/aarch64] Fix register fetch/store order for native AArch64 Linux
>>   [gdb/aarch64] refactor: Rename SVE-specific files
>>   [gdb/gdbserver] refactor: Simplify SVE interface to read/write
>>     registers
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sve: Fix return command when using V registers in a
>>     SVE-enabled target
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sme: Enable SME registers and pseudo-registers
>>   [gdbserver/aarch64] refactor: Adjust expedited registers dynamically
>>   [gdbserver/aarch64] sme: Add support for SME
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sve: Fix signal frame z/v register restore
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sme: Signal frame support
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sme: Fixup sigframe gdbarch when vg/svg changes
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sme: Support TPIDR2 signal frame context
>>   [gdb/generic] corefile/bug: Use thread-specific gdbarch when dumping
>>     register state to core files
>>   [gdb/generic] corefile/bug: Fixup (gcore) core file target description
>>     reading order
>>   [gdb/aarch64] sme: Core file support for Linux
>>   [gdb/testsuite] sme: Add SVE/SME testcases
>>   [gdb/docs] sme: Document SME registers and features
> 
> FWIW, I have gone through the patch series and haven't found any issues.
> Thank you for addressing my comments.
> 
> So apart from the patches where Simon found some issues:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <thiago.bauermann@linaro.org>
> 

Thanks. I sent v6/SME1 and v4/SME2 now. If Simon is happy with the changes in v6, I plan to push
that version and also v4/SME2.