Re: [PATCH 1/2] Nios2, libbfd: Support new coredump .reg section

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

Hi,

I just spotted Sandra's message [1] about nios2 deprecation.

Do we have plans for deprecating such support in binutils/gdb as well, for the
sake of reducing future maintenance burden?


On 4/19/24 11:39, Moritz Strübe wrote:
> The coredumps of the current kernel are larger.
> ---
>  bfd/elf32-nios2.c | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/bfd/elf32-nios2.c b/bfd/elf32-nios2.c
> index 806ec314c82..3d0fa6fbf27 100644
> --- a/bfd/elf32-nios2.c
> +++ b/bfd/elf32-nios2.c
> @@ -1921,7 +1921,18 @@ nios2_grok_prstatus (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Note *note)
>      {
>      default:
>        return false;
> +    case 272:  /* Linux/Nios II */
> +      /* pr_cursig */
> +      elf_tdata (abfd)->core->signal = bfd_get_16 (abfd, note->descdata + 12);
> +
> +      /* pr_pid */
> +      elf_tdata (abfd)->core->pid = bfd_get_32 (abfd, note->descdata + 24);
>  
> +      /* pr_reg */
> +      offset = 72;
> +      size = 196;
> +
> +      break;
>      case 212:	      /* Linux/Nios II */
>        /* pr_cursig */
>        elf_tdata (abfd)->core->signal = bfd_get_16 (abfd, note->descdata + 12);

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2024-April/243749.html