Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Process record and reverse debugging support on aarch64-linux

[Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org>]

On 3 February 2015 at 06:16, Omair Javaid <omair.javaid@linaro.org> wrote:
> This is another attempt to get these aarch64 record replay patches approved.
>
> These have been lingering since mid last year and I ll be very thankful if some of our maintainers can help me get them committed.
>
> I have added a couple of bug fixes which has improved the testsuite failure rate.
>
> Here are the fresh results from gdb.reverse testsuite ran on aarch64 hardware:
> Remote & Native:

# of expected passes 2319
# of unexpected failures 7

Forgot to add results in my previous email.

>
> Patch#1  NEWS entry about aarch64-linux record/replay support
> has been previously posted and approved here:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-06/msg00185.html
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-09/msg00611.html
>
> Patch#2  Implements aarch64 process record and reverse debugging support
> has been discussed and updated in several iteration. Previous versions and
> discussions can be found here:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-10/msg00540.html
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-08/msg00662.html
>
>
> Patch#3  Support for recording syscall on aarch64-linux
> has been previously discussed and improved in this version too.
> Previous discussions can be found here:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-10/msg00541.html
>
> Patch#4  Support for recording aarch64 advanced SIMD instructions
> has also been previously posted and discussed here:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-10/msg00345.html
>
> Patch#5  Enables gdb.reverse testsuite for aarch64*-linux targets
> is a pretty trivial patch to enable gdb testsuite. Its previously posted and discussed here:
> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-06/msg00242.html
>
> Omair Javaid (5):
>   NEWS entry about aarch64-linux record/replay support
>   Implements aarch64 process record and reverse debugging support
>   Support for recording syscall on aarch64-linux
>   Support for recording aarch64 advanced SIMD instructions
>   Enables gdb.reverse testsuite for aarch64*-linux targets
>
>  gdb/NEWS                  |   4 +
>  gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.c  | 917 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gdb/aarch64-linux-tdep.h  | 266 ++++++++++++++
>  gdb/aarch64-tdep.c        | 815 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gdb/aarch64-tdep.h        |   6 +
>  gdb/configure.tgt         |   2 +-
>  gdb/linux-record.h        |   2 +
>  gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp |   2 +
>  8 files changed, 2013 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
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> 1.9.1
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