Note support for TLS variables on FreeBSD.

Message ID 20190312211632.48128-1-jhb@FreeBSD.org
State New, archived
Headers

Commit Message

John Baldwin March 12, 2019, 9:16 p.m. UTC
  gdb/ChangeLog:

	* NEWS: Mention TLS support for FreeBSD.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
 gdb/NEWS      | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
  

Comments

John Baldwin March 25, 2019, 7:27 p.m. UTC | #1
On 3/12/19 2:16 PM, John Baldwin wrote:
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* NEWS: Mention TLS support for FreeBSD.
> ---
>  gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
>  gdb/NEWS      | 5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
> index eea9ecfde9..b7df439ddc 100644
> --- a/gdb/ChangeLog
> +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
> +2019-03-12  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> +
> +	* NEWS: Mention TLS support for FreeBSD.
> +
>  2019-03-12  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
>  
>  	* NEWS: Combine separate "New targets" sections for 8.3.
> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
> index 88ce9a7104..76a33cca5c 100644
> --- a/gdb/NEWS
> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
> @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
>  
>  *** Changes since GDB 8.3
>  
> +* GDB now supports Thread Local Storage (TLS) variables on several
> +  FreeBSD architectures (amd64, i386, powerpc, riscv).  Other
> +  architectures require kernel changes.  TLS is not yet supported for
> +  amd64 and i386 process core dumps.
> +
>  *** Changes in GDB 8.3
>  
>  * GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on
> 

Eli,

I know you've been busy with the threads on style stuff for 8.3, but can
you look this over when you get a chance?  Thanks.
  
Eli Zaretskii March 25, 2019, 8:09 p.m. UTC | #2
> From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:27:34 -0700
> 
> > +* GDB now supports Thread Local Storage (TLS) variables on several
> > +  FreeBSD architectures (amd64, i386, powerpc, riscv).  Other
> > +  architectures require kernel changes.  TLS is not yet supported for
> > +  amd64 and i386 process core dumps.
> > +
> >  *** Changes in GDB 8.3
> >  
> >  * GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on
> > 
> 
> Eli,
> 
> I know you've been busy with the threads on style stuff for 8.3, but can
> you look this over when you get a chance?  Thanks.

Sorry, missed that.  It's fine with me, thanks.
  

Patch

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index eea9ecfde9..b7df439ddc 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ 
+2019-03-12  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention TLS support for FreeBSD.
+
 2019-03-12  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Combine separate "New targets" sections for 8.3.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 88ce9a7104..76a33cca5c 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ 
 
 *** Changes since GDB 8.3
 
+* GDB now supports Thread Local Storage (TLS) variables on several
+  FreeBSD architectures (amd64, i386, powerpc, riscv).  Other
+  architectures require kernel changes.  TLS is not yet supported for
+  amd64 and i386 process core dumps.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 8.3
 
 * GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on