diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 3eadbbc..014df44 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ SFILES = ada-exp.y ada-lang.c ada-typeprint.c ada-valprint.c ada-tasks.c \
 	common/format.c common/filestuff.c btrace.c record-btrace.c ctf.c \
 	target/waitstatus.c common/print-utils.c common/rsp-low.c \
 	common/errors.c common/common-debug.c common/common-exceptions.c \
-	common/btrace-common.c common/fileio.c \
+	common/btrace-common.c common/fileio.c common/common-regcache.c \
 	$(SUBDIR_GCC_COMPILE_SRCS)
 
 LINTFILES = $(SFILES) $(YYFILES) $(CONFIG_SRCS) init.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ COMMON_OBS = $(DEPFILES) $(CONFIG_OBS) $(YYOBJ) \
 	format.o registry.o btrace.o record-btrace.o waitstatus.o \
 	print-utils.o rsp-low.o errors.o common-debug.o debug.o \
 	common-exceptions.o btrace-common.o fileio.o \
+	common-regcache.o \
 	$(SUBDIR_GCC_COMPILE_OBS)
 
 TSOBS = inflow.o
@@ -2266,6 +2267,11 @@ btrace-common.o: ${srcdir}/common/btrace-common.c
 fileio.o: ${srcdir}/common/fileio.c
 	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/common/fileio.c
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
+
+common-regcache.o: ${srcdir}/common/common-regcache.c
+	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/common/common-regcache.c
+	$(POSTCOMPILE)
+
 #
 # gdb/target/ dependencies
 #
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-regcache.c b/gdb/common/common-regcache.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ee1102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/common/common-regcache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Cache and manage the values of registers for GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "common-defs.h"
+#include "common-regcache.h"
+
+/* Return the register's value or throw if it's not available.  */
+
+ULONGEST
+regcache_raw_get_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum)
+{
+  ULONGEST value;
+  enum register_status status;
+
+  status = regcache_raw_read_unsigned (regcache, regnum, &value);
+  if (status == REG_UNAVAILABLE)
+    throw_error (NOT_AVAILABLE_ERROR,
+		 _("Register %d is not available"), regnum);
+  return value;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-regcache.h b/gdb/common/common-regcache.h
index c470603..97c186c 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-regcache.h
+++ b/gdb/common/common-regcache.h
@@ -22,6 +22,24 @@
 
 /* This header is a stopgap until we have an independent regcache.  */
 
+enum register_status
+  {
+    /* The register value is not in the cache, and we don't know yet
+       whether it's available in the target (or traceframe).  */
+    REG_UNKNOWN = 0,
+
+    /* The register value is valid and cached.  */
+    REG_VALID = 1,
+
+    /* The register value is unavailable.  E.g., we're inspecting a
+       traceframe, and this register wasn't collected.  Note that this
+       is different a different "unavailable" from saying the register
+       does not exist in the target's architecture --- in that case,
+       the target should have given us a target description that does
+       not include the register in the first place.  */
+    REG_UNAVAILABLE = -1
+  };
+
 /* Return a pointer to the register cache associated with the
    thread specified by PTID.  This function must be provided by
    the client.  */
@@ -38,4 +56,10 @@ extern int regcache_register_size (const struct regcache *regcache, int n);
 
 extern CORE_ADDR regcache_read_pc (struct regcache *regcache);
 
+/* Read a raw register into a unsigned integer.  */
+extern enum register_status regcache_raw_read_unsigned
+  (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum, ULONGEST *val);
+
+ULONGEST regcache_raw_get_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum);
+
 #endif /* COMMON_REGCACHE_H */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index f18243b..82af44c 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ SFILES=	$(srcdir)/gdbreplay.c $(srcdir)/inferiors.c $(srcdir)/dll.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/common-exceptions.c $(srcdir)/symbol.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/btrace-common.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/fileio.c $(srcdir)/nat/linux-namespaces.c \
-	$(srcdir)/arch/arm.c
+	$(srcdir)/arch/arm.c $(srcdir)/common/common-regcache.c
 
 DEPFILES = @GDBSERVER_DEPFILES@
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ OBS = agent.o ax.o inferiors.o regcache.o remote-utils.o server.o signals.o \
       mem-break.o hostio.o event-loop.o tracepoint.o xml-utils.o \
       common-utils.o ptid.o buffer.o format.o filestuff.o dll.o notif.o \
       tdesc.o print-utils.o rsp-low.o errors.o common-debug.o cleanups.o \
-      common-exceptions.o symbol.o btrace-common.o fileio.o \
+      common-exceptions.o symbol.o btrace-common.o fileio.o common-regcache.o \
       $(XML_BUILTIN) $(DEPFILES) $(LIBOBJS)
 GDBREPLAY_OBS = gdbreplay.o version.o
 GDBSERVER_LIBS = @GDBSERVER_LIBS@
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ waitstatus.o: ../target/waitstatus.c
 fileio.o: ../common/fileio.c
 	$(COMPILE) $<
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
+common-regcache.o: ../common/common-regcache.c
+	$(COMPILE) $<
+	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 
 # Arch object files rules form ../arch
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.c b/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.c
index b9311fe..c608bf3 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.c
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ init_register_cache (struct regcache *regcache,
 	= (unsigned char *) xcalloc (1, tdesc->registers_size);
       regcache->registers_owned = 1;
       regcache->register_status
-	= (unsigned char *) xcalloc (1, tdesc->num_registers);
-      gdb_assert (REG_UNAVAILABLE == 0);
+	= (unsigned char *) xmalloc (tdesc->num_registers);
+      memset ((void *) regcache->register_status, REG_UNAVAILABLE,
+	      tdesc->num_registers);
 #else
       gdb_assert_not_reached ("can't allocate memory from the heap");
 #endif
@@ -435,6 +436,27 @@ collect_register (struct regcache *regcache, int n, void *buf)
 	  register_size (regcache->tdesc, n));
 }
 
+enum register_status
+regcache_raw_read_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum,
+			    ULONGEST *val)
+{
+  int size;
+
+  gdb_assert (regcache != NULL);
+  gdb_assert (regnum >= 0 && regnum < regcache->tdesc->num_registers);
+
+  size = register_size (regcache->tdesc, regnum);
+
+  if (size > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
+    error (_("That operation is not available on integers of more than"
+            "%d bytes."),
+          (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
+
+  collect_register (regcache, regnum, val);
+
+  return REG_VALID;
+}
+
 #ifndef IN_PROCESS_AGENT
 
 void
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.h b/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.h
index a0be95e..f4b798b 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/regcache.h
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
 struct thread_info;
 struct target_desc;
 
-/* The register exists, it has a value, but we don't know what it is.
-   Used when inspecting traceframes.  */
-#define REG_UNAVAILABLE 0
-
-/* We know the register's value (and we have it cached).  */
-#define REG_VALID 1
-
 /* The data for the register cache.  Note that we have one per
    inferior; this is primarily for simplicity, as the performance
    benefit is minimal.  */
diff --git a/gdb/regcache.c b/gdb/regcache.c
index 7fb9d18..5ee31fb 100644
--- a/gdb/regcache.c
+++ b/gdb/regcache.c
@@ -715,21 +715,6 @@ regcache_raw_read_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum,
   return status;
 }
 
-/* Return the register's value or throw if it's not available.  */
-
-ULONGEST
-regcache_raw_get_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum)
-{
-  ULONGEST value;
-  enum register_status status;
-
-  status = regcache_raw_read_unsigned (regcache, regnum, &value);
-  if (status == REG_UNAVAILABLE)
-    throw_error (NOT_AVAILABLE_ERROR,
-		 _("Register %d is not available"), regnum);
-  return value;
-}
-
 void
 regcache_raw_write_signed (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum, LONGEST val)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/regcache.h b/gdb/regcache.h
index c9d9a7d..36bfef8 100644
--- a/gdb/regcache.h
+++ b/gdb/regcache.h
@@ -47,24 +47,6 @@ extern struct gdbarch *get_regcache_arch (const struct regcache *regcache);
 
 extern struct address_space *get_regcache_aspace (const struct regcache *);
 
-enum register_status
-  {
-    /* The register value is not in the cache, and we don't know yet
-       whether it's available in the target (or traceframe).  */
-    REG_UNKNOWN = 0,
-
-    /* The register value is valid and cached.  */
-    REG_VALID = 1,
-
-    /* The register value is unavailable.  E.g., we're inspecting a
-       traceframe, and this register wasn't collected.  Note that this
-       is different a different "unavailable" from saying the register
-       does not exist in the target's architecture --- in that case,
-       the target should have given us a target description that does
-       not include the register in the first place.  */
-    REG_UNAVAILABLE = -1
-  };
-
 enum register_status regcache_register_status (const struct regcache *regcache,
 					       int regnum);
 
@@ -78,12 +60,6 @@ void regcache_raw_write (struct regcache *regcache, int rawnum,
 extern enum register_status
   regcache_raw_read_signed (struct regcache *regcache,
 			    int regnum, LONGEST *val);
-extern enum register_status
-  regcache_raw_read_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache,
-			      int regnum, ULONGEST *val);
-
-ULONGEST regcache_raw_get_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache,
-				    int regnum);
 
 extern void regcache_raw_write_signed (struct regcache *regcache,
 				       int regnum, LONGEST val);
