diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 364ea7afc66d00d0be44c4369f3ddc924de7b6aa..05ecf64451de4df3a5593d158404d526a71c0b29 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -911,6 +911,7 @@ COMMON_SFILES = \
 	agent.c \
 	annotate.c \
 	arch-utils.c \
+	arch/tdesc.c \
 	auto-load.c \
 	auxv.c \
 	ax-gdb.c \
diff --git a/gdb/arch/tdesc.h b/gdb/arch/tdesc.h
index cc11651dcaa7abe81598b69f509ef34ff0d94dbf..e957822b348182b8cae9809cd21f72974ffe05c5 100644
--- a/gdb/arch/tdesc.h
+++ b/gdb/arch/tdesc.h
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 #ifndef ARCH_TDESC_H
 #define ARCH_TDESC_H 1

+#ifdef GDBSERVER
+#include "server.h"
+#else
+#include "defs.h"
+#endif
+
 struct tdesc_feature;
 struct tdesc_type;
 struct tdesc_type_builtin;
@@ -26,6 +32,99 @@ struct tdesc_type_with_fields;
 struct tdesc_reg;
 struct target_desc;

+/* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */
+
+class tdesc_element_visitor
+{
+public:
+  virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e) = 0;
+
+  virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
+
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) = 0;
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) = 0;
+
+  virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
+};
+
+class tdesc_element
+{
+public:
+  virtual void accept (tdesc_element_visitor &v) const = 0;
+};
+
+/* An individual register from a target description.  */
+
+struct tdesc_reg : tdesc_element
+{
+  tdesc_reg (struct tdesc_feature *feature, const std::string &name_,
+	     int regnum, int save_restore_, const char *group_,
+	     int bitsize_, const char *type_);
+
+  virtual ~tdesc_reg () = default;
+
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (tdesc_reg);
+
+  /* The name of this register.  In standard features, it may be
+     recognized by the architecture support code, or it may be purely
+     for the user.  */
+  std::string name;
+
+  /* The register number used by this target to refer to this
+     register.  This is used for remote p/P packets and to determine
+     the ordering of registers in the remote g/G packets.  */
+  long target_regnum;
+
+  /* If this flag is set, GDB should save and restore this register
+     around calls to an inferior function.  */
+  int save_restore;
+
+  /* The name of the register group containing this register, or empty
+     if the group should be automatically determined from the
+     register's type.  If this is "general", "float", or "vector", the
+     corresponding "info" command should display this register's
+     value.  It can be an arbitrary string, but should be limited to
+     alphanumeric characters and internal hyphens.  Currently other
+     strings are ignored (treated as empty).  */
+  std::string group;
+
+  /* The size of the register, in bits.  */
+  int bitsize;
+
+  /* The type of the register.  This string corresponds to either
+     a named type from the target description or a predefined
+     type from GDB.  */
+  std::string type;
+
+  /* The target-described type corresponding to TYPE, if found.  */
+  struct tdesc_type *tdesc_type;
+
+  void accept (tdesc_element_visitor &v) const override
+  {
+    v.visit (this);
+  }
+
+  bool operator== (const tdesc_reg &other) const
+  {
+    return (name == other.name
+       && target_regnum == other.target_regnum
+       && save_restore == other.save_restore
+       && bitsize == other.bitsize
+       && group == other.group
+       && type == other.type);
+  }
+
+  bool operator!= (const tdesc_reg &other) const
+  {
+    return !(*this == other);
+  }
+};
+
+typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_reg> tdesc_reg_up;
+
 /* Allocate a new target_desc.  */
 target_desc *allocate_target_description (void);

diff --git a/gdb/arch/tdesc.c b/gdb/arch/tdesc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3d84ad8d3fa2e017f4c6f7d137a3be2b58427370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/arch/tdesc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* Target description support for GDB.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2017 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/>.  */
+
+#ifdef GDBSERVER
+#include "server.h"
+#else
+#include "defs.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "tdesc.h"
+
+tdesc_reg::tdesc_reg (struct tdesc_feature *feature, const std::string &name_,
+		      int regnum, int save_restore_, const char *group_,
+		      int bitsize_, const char *type_)
+  : name (name_), target_regnum (regnum),
+    save_restore (save_restore_),
+    group (group_ != NULL ? group_ : ""),
+    bitsize (bitsize_),
+    type (type_ != NULL ? type_ : "<unknown>")
+{
+  /* If the register's type is target-defined, look it up now.  We may not
+     have easy access to the containing feature when we want it later.  */
+  tdesc_type = tdesc_named_type (feature, type.c_str ());
+}
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index 3ce086d70f23df445b174c49c489ec8415d7614a..8ae124875dd08f31e8424b18281cb1454ed40edb 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ SFILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/arch/arm.c \
 	$(srcdir)/arch/arm-get-next-pcs.c \
 	$(srcdir)/arch/arm-linux.c \
+	$(srcdir)/../arch/tdesc.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/btrace-common.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/buffer.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/cleanups.c \
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ TAGFILES = $(SOURCES) ${HFILES} ${ALLPARAM} ${POSSLIBS}

 OBS = \
 	agent.o \
+	arch/tdesc.o \
 	ax.o \
 	btrace-common.o \
 	buffer.o \
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@ gdbreplay$(EXEEXT): $(GDBREPLAY_OBS) $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY)
 	  $(XM_CLIBS) $(LIBGNU) $(LIBIBERTY)

 IPA_OBJS = \
+	arch/tdesc-ipa.o \
 	ax-ipa.o \
 	common-utils-ipa.o \
 	errors-ipa.o \
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.h b/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.h
index 705b968b98af9405682507acbcfb41356da62857..cfc1a194def019ecf899e9184385be94de39d08c 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.h
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
 #include <vector>

 struct tdesc_feature
-{};
+{
+  /* The registers associated with this feature.  */
+  std::vector<tdesc_reg_up> registers;
+};

 /* A target description.  Inherit from tdesc_feature so that target_desc
    can be used as tdesc_feature.  */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.c b/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.c
index 359ab97361c07ff2cbc2c8d5ff392c6233c329ff..5dec636baa6b899490e8c700eea21d363fb79fa3 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/tdesc.c
@@ -72,9 +72,27 @@ init_target_desc (struct target_desc *tdesc)
 {
   int offset = 0;

-  for (reg *reg : tdesc->reg_defs)
+  /* Go through all the features and populate reg_defs.  */
+  for (const tdesc_reg_up &treg : tdesc->registers)
     {
+      /* Fill in any blank spaces.  */
+      while (tdesc->reg_defs.size () < treg->target_regnum)
+	{
+	  struct reg *reg = XCNEW (struct reg);
+	  reg->name = "";
+	  reg->size = 0;
+	  reg->offset = offset;
+	  tdesc->reg_defs.push_back (reg);
+	}
+
+      gdb_assert (treg->target_regnum == 0
+		  || treg->target_regnum == tdesc->reg_defs.size ());
+
+      struct reg *reg = XCNEW (struct reg);
+      reg->name = treg->name.c_str ();
+      reg->size = treg->bitsize;
       reg->offset = offset;
+      tdesc->reg_defs.push_back (reg);
       offset += reg->size;
     }

@@ -241,23 +259,10 @@ tdesc_create_reg (struct tdesc_feature *feature, const char *name,
 {
   struct target_desc *tdesc = (struct target_desc *) feature;

-  while (tdesc->reg_defs.size () < regnum)
-    {
-      struct reg *reg = XCNEW (struct reg);
-
-      reg->name = "";
-      reg->size = 0;
-      tdesc->reg_defs.push_back (reg);
-    }
-
-  gdb_assert (regnum == 0
-	      || regnum == tdesc->reg_defs.size ());
-
-  struct reg *reg = XCNEW (struct reg);
+  tdesc_reg *reg = new tdesc_reg (feature, name, regnum, save_restore,
+				  group, bitsize, type);

-  reg->name = name;
-  reg->size = bitsize;
-  tdesc->reg_defs.push_back (reg);
+  tdesc->registers.emplace_back (reg);
 }

 /* See arch/tdesc.h.  */
diff --git a/gdb/target-descriptions.c b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
index 1b20a12d769718e591dea6df8183c2e9ecfac990..881ef78d2e3adde409e8585deb67c96e2f0594ed 100644
--- a/gdb/target-descriptions.c
+++ b/gdb/target-descriptions.c
@@ -38,30 +38,6 @@
 #include "completer.h"
 #include "readline/tilde.h" /* tilde_expand */

-/* The interface to visit different elements of target description.  */
-
-class tdesc_element_visitor
-{
-public:
-  virtual void visit_pre (const target_desc *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit_post (const target_desc *e) = 0;
-
-  virtual void visit_pre (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit_post (const tdesc_feature *e) = 0;
-
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_builtin *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_vector *e) = 0;
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_type_with_fields *e) = 0;
-
-  virtual void visit (const tdesc_reg *e) = 0;
-};
-
-class tdesc_element
-{
-public:
-  virtual void accept (tdesc_element_visitor &v) const = 0;
-};
-
 /* Types.  */

 struct property
@@ -74,84 +50,6 @@ struct property
   std::string value;
 };

-/* An individual register from a target description.  */
-
-struct tdesc_reg : tdesc_element
-{
-  tdesc_reg (struct tdesc_feature *feature, const std::string &name_,
-	     int regnum, int save_restore_, const char *group_,
-	     int bitsize_, const char *type_)
-    : name (name_), target_regnum (regnum),
-      save_restore (save_restore_),
-      group (group_ != NULL ? group_ : ""),
-      bitsize (bitsize_),
-      type (type_ != NULL ? type_ : "<unknown>")
-  {
-    /* If the register's type is target-defined, look it up now.  We may not
-       have easy access to the containing feature when we want it later.  */
-    tdesc_type = tdesc_named_type (feature, type.c_str ());
-  }
-
-  virtual ~tdesc_reg () = default;
-
-  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (tdesc_reg);
-
-  /* The name of this register.  In standard features, it may be
-     recognized by the architecture support code, or it may be purely
-     for the user.  */
-  std::string name;
-
-  /* The register number used by this target to refer to this
-     register.  This is used for remote p/P packets and to determine
-     the ordering of registers in the remote g/G packets.  */
-  long target_regnum;
-
-  /* If this flag is set, GDB should save and restore this register
-     around calls to an inferior function.  */
-  int save_restore;
-
-  /* The name of the register group containing this register, or empty
-     if the group should be automatically determined from the register's
-     type.  This is traditionally "general", "float", "vector" but can
-     also be an arbitrary string.  If defined the corresponding "info"
-     command should display this register's value.  The string should be
-     limited to alphanumeric characters and internal hyphens.  */
-  std::string group;
-
-  /* The size of the register, in bits.  */
-  int bitsize;
-
-  /* The type of the register.  This string corresponds to either
-     a named type from the target description or a predefined
-     type from GDB.  */
-  std::string type;
-
-  /* The target-described type corresponding to TYPE, if found.  */
-  struct tdesc_type *tdesc_type;
-
-  void accept (tdesc_element_visitor &v) const override
-  {
-    v.visit (this);
-  }
-
-  bool operator== (const tdesc_reg &other) const
-  {
-    return (name == other.name
-	    && target_regnum == other.target_regnum
-	    && save_restore == other.save_restore
-	    && bitsize == other.bitsize
-	    && group == other.group
-	    && type == other.type);
-  }
-
-  bool operator!= (const tdesc_reg &other) const
-  {
-    return !(*this == other);
-  }
-};
-
-typedef std::unique_ptr<tdesc_reg> tdesc_reg_up;
-
 /* A named type from a target description.  */

 struct tdesc_type_field
