[Bug gdb/30525] gdb cannot read shared libraries on SPARC64

["mattst88 at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30525

--- Comment #7 from Matt Turner <mattst88 at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Pedro Alves from comment #3)
> So one thing to check is whether the HAVE_PREAD64 code is enabled.  And
> then, that may be failing due to a negative offset, give pread64's offset
> parameter is an off_t.

pread64 is enabled:

checking for pread... yes
checking for pread64... yes
checking for pwrite... yes

config.h contains

/* Define to 1 if you have the `pread64' function. */
#define HAVE_PREAD64 1

> Try enabling "set debug linux-nat 1", so that the following log is output:
> 
>   if (ret == -1)
>     {
>       linux_nat_debug_printf ("accessing fd %d for pid %d failed: %s (%d)",
> 			      fd, pid, safe_strerror (errno), errno);
>       return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
>     }
> 
> Maybe the errno gives us some clue.

[linux-nat] open_proc_mem_file: opened fd 14 for lwp 2314199.2314199
[linux-nat] linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd: accessing fd 14 for pid 2314199
failed: Invalid argument (22)
[linux-nat] linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd: accessing fd 14 for pid 2314199
failed: Invalid argument (22)

> Does hacking the linux-nat.c:proc_mem_file_is_writable to always return
> false paper over the problem?

Yes, it does.

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