Re: [patch 2/3, nios2] use PTRACE_GETREGSET/SETREGSET in gdbserver

[Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>]

On 04/28/2015 05:24 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 04/28/2015 12:18 PM, Yao Qi wrote:
> > Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com> writes:
> >
> > > When glibc support for nios2 was submitted upstream, we were asked to
> > > change the ptrace register query interface from
> > > PTRACE_GETREGS/PTRACE_SETREGS to
> > > PTRACE_GETREGSET/PTRACE_SETREGSET. This patch makes the corresponding
> > > change to gdbserver (there is no native GDB support for this target
> > > yet).
> >
> > Hi Sandra,
> > Could you show me the discussion archive about ptrace interface change
> > request?
>
> I don't know about a glibc discussion, but I'm to blame for requesting
> that on the kernel side:
>
>    https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/25/683

Thanks, Pedro, for digging this up; I was mis-remembering in thinking 
that this change came from the glibc review.  It indeed came from the 
kernel submission instead.

-Sandra