Re: [PATCH RESEND] gdb/sparc: implement PRSTATUS elf32-sparc handler
Project / Subsystem
binutils / gdb/sparc
Date
2026-09-16
Proposer
"Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Improves core dump analysis for SPARC ELF32 on GDB.
- • Adds specific handling for a particular NOTE type, increasing code complexity.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- gdb/sparc
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 874ifpdvuy.fsf@gnu.org
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: [PATCH RESEND] gdb/sparc: implement PRSTATUS elf32-sparc handler
- headline
- gdb/sparc: implement PRSTATUS elf32-sparc handler
- tldr
- Adds a handler for SPARC ELF32 PRSTATUS notes in GDB to correctly parse core dumps.
- proposer
- "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- committed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Improves core dump analysis for SPARC ELF32 on GDB.
- • Adds specific handling for a particular NOTE type, increasing code complexity.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
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- • GDB
- • SPARC
- • ELF
- • core dump
- • debugging
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH RESEND] gdb/sparc: implement PRSTATUS elf32-sparc handler
This patch introduces a handler in GDB for the PRSTATUS NOTE section found in SPARC ELF32 core dumps. Previously, these notes were unparsed, leading to incorrect core dump analysis. The new handler extracts signal and process ID information, and defines a pseudo-section for register data, improving core dump interpretation for this architecture.