- Fix powerpc recent secure PLTs handling (shared library calls) (BZ

452960).
- Fix the testsuite .spec runner to run biarch also on ppc.
- Reenable testcases threadcrash.exp, chng-syms.exp, checkpoint.exp (BZ
    207002).
- Fix PRPSINFO in the core files dumped by gcore (BZ 254229), reformatted
    patch from Denys Vlasenko.
- Fix register assignments with no GDB stack frames, Denys Vlasenko (BZ
    436037).

gdb-6.8-bz254229-gcore-prpsinfo.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/bfd/elf-bfd.h gdb-6.8.7/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+--- gdb-6.8.4/bfd/elf-bfd.h	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/bfd/elf-bfd.h	2008-07-29 12:29:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2125,7 +2125,7 @@ extern Elf_Internal_Phdr * _bfd_elf_find
+ extern char *elfcore_write_note
+   (bfd *, char *, int *, const char *, int, const void *, int);
+ extern char *elfcore_write_prpsinfo
+-  (bfd *, char *, int *, const char *, const char *);
++  (bfd *, char *, int *, void *, const char *, const char *);
+ extern char *elfcore_write_prstatus
+   (bfd *, char *, int *, long, int, const void *);
+ extern char * elfcore_write_pstatus
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/bfd/elf.c gdb-6.8.7/bfd/elf.c
+--- gdb-6.8.4/bfd/elf.c	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/bfd/elf.c	2008-07-29 12:45:52.000000000 +0200
+@@ -8256,6 +8256,7 @@ char *
+ elfcore_write_prpsinfo (bfd  *abfd,
+ 			char *buf,
+ 			int  *bufsiz,
++			void *info,
+ 			const char *fname,
+ 			const char *psargs)
+ {
+@@ -8282,9 +8283,15 @@ elfcore_write_prpsinfo (bfd  *abfd,
+       int note_type = NT_PRPSINFO;
+ #endif
+ 
+-      memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++      if (info)
++	memcpy (&data, info, sizeof (data));
++      else
++	{
++	  memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++	}
++
+       return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+ 				 note_name, note_type, &data, sizeof (data));
+     }
+@@ -8299,9 +8306,15 @@ elfcore_write_prpsinfo (bfd  *abfd,
+       int note_type = NT_PRPSINFO;
+ #endif
+ 
+-      memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++      if (info)
++	memcpy (&data, info, sizeof (data));
++      else
++	{
++	  memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++	}
++
+       return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+ 				 note_name, note_type, &data, sizeof (data));
+     }
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c gdb-6.8.7/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c
+--- gdb-6.8.4/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c	2008-07-29 12:46:02.000000000 +0200
+@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int amd64_linux_gregset32_reg_off
+ 
+ static char *
+ amd64_linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo (bfd *abfd, char *buf, int *bufsiz,
++				    void *info,
+ 				    const char *fname, const char *psargs)
+ {
+   if (gdbarch_ptr_bit(current_gdbarch) == 32)
+@@ -148,14 +149,20 @@ amd64_linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo (bfd 
+       struct elf_prpsinfo32 data;
+       note_type = NT_PRPSINFO;
+ 
+-      memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
+-      strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++      if (info)
++	memcpy (&data, info, sizeof (data));
++      else
++	{
++	  memset (&data, 0, sizeof (data));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_fname, fname, sizeof (data.pr_fname));
++	  strncpy (data.pr_psargs, psargs, sizeof (data.pr_psargs));
++	}
++
+       return elfcore_write_note (abfd, buf, bufsiz,
+ 				 note_name, note_type, &data, sizeof (data));
+     }
+   else
+-    return elfcore_write_prpsinfo (abfd, buf, bufsiz, fname, psargs);
++    return elfcore_write_prpsinfo (abfd, buf, bufsiz, info, fname, psargs);
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/gdb/fbsd-nat.c gdb-6.8.7/gdb/fbsd-nat.c
+--- gdb-6.8.4/gdb/fbsd-nat.c	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/gdb/fbsd-nat.c	2008-07-29 12:29:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ fbsd_make_corefile_notes (bfd *obfd, int
+ 	psargs = reconcat (psargs, psargs, " ", get_inferior_args (), NULL);
+ 
+       note_data = elfcore_write_prpsinfo (obfd, note_data, note_size,
++				          NULL,
+ 					  fname, psargs);
+     }
+ 
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/gdb/linux-nat.c gdb-6.8.7/gdb/linux-nat.c
+--- gdb-6.8.4/gdb/linux-nat.c	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/gdb/linux-nat.c	2008-07-29 13:50:52.000000000 +0200
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
+ #include "gdbthread.h"		/* for struct thread_info etc. */
+ #include "gdb_stat.h"		/* for struct stat */
+ #include <fcntl.h>		/* for O_RDONLY */
++#include "gdb_procfs32.h"	/* for struct elf_prpsinfo32 */
+ 
+ #ifndef O_LARGEFILE
+ #define O_LARGEFILE 0
+@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ static LONGEST (*super_xfer_partial) (st
+ /* This functions make elfcore note sections.
+    They may get overriden by code adjusting data for multi-target builds.  */
+ char *(*linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo)
+-  (bfd *, char *, int *, const char *, const char *) = elfcore_write_prpsinfo;
++  (bfd *, char *, int *, void *, const char *, const char *) = elfcore_write_prpsinfo;
+ char *(*linux_elfcore_write_prstatus)
+   (bfd *, char *, int *, long, int, const void *) = elfcore_write_prstatus;
+ static char *
+@@ -2812,6 +2813,159 @@ linux_nat_do_registers (bfd *obfd, ptid_
+ 					note_data, note_size);
+ }
+ 
++/* Should be always true for Linux */
++#define HAVE_PRPSINFO_T 1
++
++#if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO_T)
++
++/* Fills struct elf_prpsinfo{32,64} as much as possible, imitate Linux kernel
++   binfmt_elf.c.  Unknown values are filled with zeroes.  The structure is
++   malloced.  */
++
++static void*
++fill_prpsinfo (void)
++{
++  struct stat sb;
++  char filename[sizeof ("/proc//cmdline") + sizeof (int) * 3 + 2];
++  char buf[1024];
++  char proc_state[5];
++  char proc_cmdline[sizeof (((struct elf_prpsinfo*)0)->pr_psargs) + 1];
++  unsigned flags;
++  long proc_nice;
++  unsigned proc_ppid;
++  unsigned proc_pgid;
++  unsigned proc_sid;
++  pid_t pid;
++  int fd, n;
++  char *cp, *proc_comm, *state_s;
++  /* String comes from Linux kernel binfmt_elf.c FILL_PSINFO but it is already
++     obsolete there to <linux/sched.h> TASK_* constants.  */
++  const char state_string[] = "RSDTZW";
++  int state_num;
++
++  /* Get /proc/$PID/stat.  */
++  pid = ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid);
++  sprintf (filename, "/proc/%u/stat", (unsigned)pid);
++  fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY);
++  if (fd < 0)
++    return NULL;
++  fstat (fd, &sb); /* No error checking (can it ever happen?).  */
++  n = read (fd, buf, sizeof (buf) - 1);
++  close (fd);
++  if (n < 0)
++    return NULL;
++  buf[n] = 0;
++
++  cp = strrchr (buf, ')'); /* Split into "PID (COMM" and "<rest>".  */
++  if (!cp)
++    return NULL;
++  *cp = 0;
++
++  /* Grab COMM.  */
++  proc_comm = strchr (buf, '(');
++  if (!proc_comm)
++    return NULL;
++  proc_comm++;
++
++  /* Read /proc/$PID/cmdline.  */
++  proc_cmdline[0] = 0;
++  strcpy (strrchr (filename, '/'), "/cmdline");
++  fd = open (filename, O_RDONLY);
++  if (fd >= 0)
++    {
++      int n;
++
++      n = read (fd, proc_cmdline, sizeof (proc_cmdline) - 1);
++      if (n < 0)
++	n = 0;
++      proc_cmdline[n] = 0;
++      while (n--) /* Replace NULs with spaces.  */
++	if (proc_cmdline[n] == 0)
++	  proc_cmdline[n] = ' ';
++      close (fd);
++    }
++
++  /* Parse /proc/$PID/stat.  */
++  n = sscanf (cp + 2, /* skip ") " */
++	      "%4s %u "          /* state, ppid */
++	      "%u %u %*s %*s "   /* pgid, sid, tty, tpgid */
++	      "%u %*s %*s %*s "  /* flags, min_flt, cmin_flt, maj_flt */
++	      "%*s "             /* cmaj_flt */
++	      "%*s %*s "         /* utime, stime */
++	      "%*s %*s %*s "     /* cutime, cstime, priority */
++	      "%ld "             /* nice */
++	      /*"%*s %*s "          timeout, it_real_value */
++	      /*"%lu "              start_time */
++	      /*"%lu "              vsize */
++	      /*"%lu "              rss */
++	      /*"%lu %lu %lu "      rss_rlim, start_code, end_code */
++	      /*"%lu %lu %lu "      start_stack, kstk_esp, kstk_eip */
++	      /*"%u %u %u %u "      signal, blocked, sigignore, sigcatch */
++	      /*"%lu %lu %lu"       wchan, nswap, cnswap */
++	      , proc_state, &proc_ppid,
++	      &proc_pgid, &proc_sid,
++	      &flags,
++	      &proc_nice);
++  if (n != 6)
++    return NULL;
++
++  state_s = strchr (state_string, proc_state[0]);
++  if (state_s != NULL)
++    state_num = state_s - state_string;
++  else
++    {
++      /* 0 means Running, some more unusal state would be better.  */
++      state_num = 0;
++    }
++
++#if ULONG_MAX > 0xffffffffU
++  /* We skip this code on 32-bit gdb.  */
++  if (gdbarch_ptr_bit (current_gdbarch) == 64)
++    {
++      struct elf_prpsinfo *info = xzalloc (sizeof (*info));
++
++      info->pr_state = state_num;
++      info->pr_sname = proc_state[0];
++      info->pr_zomb = (proc_state[0] == 'Z');
++      info->pr_nice = proc_nice;
++      info->pr_flag = flags;
++      info->pr_uid = sb.st_uid;
++      info->pr_gid = sb.st_gid;
++      info->pr_pid = pid;
++      info->pr_ppid = proc_ppid;
++      info->pr_pgrp = proc_pgid;
++      info->pr_sid = proc_sid;
++      strncpy (info->pr_fname, proc_comm, sizeof (info->pr_fname));
++      strncpy (info->pr_psargs, proc_cmdline, sizeof (info->pr_psargs));
++
++      return info;
++    }
++#endif
++  if (gdbarch_ptr_bit (current_gdbarch) == 32)
++    {
++      struct elf_prpsinfo32 *info = xzalloc (sizeof (*info));
++
++      info->pr_state = state_num;
++      info->pr_sname = proc_state[0];
++      info->pr_zomb = (proc_state[0] == 'Z');
++      info->pr_nice = proc_nice;
++      info->pr_flag = flags;
++      info->pr_uid = sb.st_uid;
++      info->pr_gid = sb.st_gid;
++      info->pr_pid = pid;
++      info->pr_ppid = proc_ppid;
++      info->pr_pgrp = proc_pgid;
++      info->pr_sid = proc_sid;
++      strncpy (info->pr_fname, proc_comm, sizeof (info->pr_fname));
++      strncpy (info->pr_psargs, proc_cmdline, sizeof (info->pr_psargs));
++
++      return info;
++    }
++
++  return NULL;
++}
++#endif
++
+ /* Fills the "to_make_corefile_note" target vector.  Builds the note
+    section for a corefile, and returns it in a malloc buffer.  */
+ 
+@@ -2831,8 +2985,14 @@ linux_nat_make_corefile_notes (bfd *obfd
+ 
+   if (get_exec_file (0))
+     {
++#if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO_T)
++      void *data = fill_prpsinfo ();
++#define DATAPTR data
++#else
++#define DATAPTR NULL
+       strncpy (fname, strrchr (get_exec_file (0), '/') + 1, sizeof (fname));
+       strncpy (psargs, get_exec_file (0), sizeof (psargs));
++#endif
+       if (get_inferior_args ())
+ 	{
+ 	  char *string_end;
+@@ -2848,9 +3008,15 @@ linux_nat_make_corefile_notes (bfd *obfd
+ 		       psargs_end - string_end);
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+-      note_data = (char *) linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo (obfd, note_data,
+-							 note_size, fname,
++      note_data = (char *) linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo (obfd,
++							 note_data, note_size,
++							 DATAPTR,
++							 fname,
+ 							 psargs);
++#if defined (HAVE_PRPSINFO_T)
++      xfree (DATAPTR);
++#endif
++#undef DATAPTR
+     }
+ 
+   /* Dump information for threads.  */
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/gdb/linux-nat.h gdb-6.8.7/gdb/linux-nat.h
+--- gdb-6.8.4/gdb/linux-nat.h	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/gdb/linux-nat.h	2008-07-29 12:29:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct siginfo *linux_nat_get_siginfo (p
+ /* These functions make elfcore note sections.
+    They may get overriden by code adjusting data for multi-target builds.  */
+ extern char *(*linux_elfcore_write_prpsinfo)
+-  (bfd *, char *, int *, const char *, const char *);
++  (bfd *, char *, int *, void *, const char *, const char *);
+ extern char *(*linux_elfcore_write_prstatus)
+   (bfd *, char *, int *, long, int, const void *);
+ extern char *(*linux_elfcore_write_prfpreg)
+diff -d -urpN gdb-6.8.4/gdb/procfs.c gdb-6.8.7/gdb/procfs.c
+--- gdb-6.8.4/gdb/procfs.c	2008-07-25 16:16:15.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.7/gdb/procfs.c	2008-07-29 12:29:20.000000000 +0200
+@@ -6118,6 +6118,7 @@ procfs_make_note_section (bfd *obfd, int
+   note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prpsinfo (obfd,
+ 					       note_data,
+ 					       note_size,
++					       NULL,
+ 					       fname,
+ 					       psargs);
+ 

gdb-6.8-bz436037-reg-no-longer-active.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -d -urpN src.0/gdb/valops.c src.1/gdb/valops.c
+--- src.0/gdb/valops.c	2008-07-27 04:00:03.000000000 +0200
++++ src.1/gdb/valops.c	2008-07-31 15:17:42.000000000 +0200
+@@ -813,10 +813,18 @@ value_assign (struct value *toval, struc
+ 	struct frame_info *frame;
+ 	int value_reg;
+ 
+-	/* Figure out which frame this is in currently.  */
+-	frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
+ 	value_reg = VALUE_REGNUM (toval);
+ 
++	/* Figure out which frame this is in currently.  */
++	frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
++	/* "set $reg+=1" should work on programs with no debug info,
++	   but frame_find_by_id returns NULL here (RH bug 436037).
++	   Use current frame, it represents CPU state in this case.
++	   If frame_find_by_id is changed to do it internally
++	   (it is contemplated there), remove this.  */
++	if (!frame)
++	  frame = get_current_frame ();
++	/* Probably never happens.  */
+ 	if (!frame)
+ 	  error (_("Value being assigned to is no longer active."));
+ 	

gdb-6.8-upstream.patch

@@ -971,3 +971,710 @@ diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
  
  # Start with a fresh gdb
  
+
+
+
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452960
+
+bfd/
+2008-05-14  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Fix memset calls.
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Likewise.
+
+bfd/
+2008-05-14  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+	    Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (section_covers_vma): New function.
+	(ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): New function.
+	(bfd_elf32_get_synthetic_symtab): Define.
+	* elf64-ppc.c (section_covers_vma): New function.
+	(ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab): Generate sym@plt on glink branch
+	table entries, and __glink_PLTresolve on resolver stub.
+	(ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Rename __glink sym to __glink_PLTresolve.
+
+gdb/
+2008-05-14  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* ppc-linux-tdep.c (ppc_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr): Rename ...
+	(ppc64_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr): ... to this.  No longer try
+	to handle ppc32 PLT entries.
+	(ppc_linux_init_abi): Install ppc64_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
+	only on ppc64.
+
+gdb/
+2008-05-14  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* elfread.c (elf_symtab_read): Create trampolines for @plt symbols.
+	* minsyms.c (lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1): Renamed from
+	lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section.  Prefer trampolines if requested.
+	(lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section): Use
+	lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1.
+	(lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc): Likewise.
+
+[ Backported for GDB-6.8f.  ]
+
+--- ./bfd/elf32-ppc.c	2008-02-26 09:36:03.000000000 +0100
++++ ./bfd/elf32-ppc.c	2008-07-24 15:42:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2291,6 +2291,208 @@ ppc_elf_final_write_processing (bfd *abf
+   apuinfo_list_finish ();
+ }
+ 
++static bfd_boolean
++section_covers_vma (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection *section, void *ptr)
++{
++  bfd_vma vma = *(bfd_vma *) ptr;
++  return ((section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
++	  && section->vma <= vma
++	  && vma < section->vma + section->size);
++}
++
++static long
++ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd, long symcount, asymbol **syms,
++			      long dynsymcount, asymbol **dynsyms,
++			      asymbol **ret)
++{
++  bfd_boolean (*slurp_relocs) (bfd *, asection *, asymbol **, bfd_boolean);
++  asection *plt, *relplt, *dynamic, *glink;
++  bfd_vma glink_vma = 0;
++  bfd_vma resolv_vma = 0;
++  bfd_vma stub_vma;
++  asymbol *s;
++  arelent *p;
++  long count, i;
++  size_t size;
++  char *names;
++  bfd_byte buf[4];
++
++  *ret = NULL;
++
++  if ((abfd->flags & (DYNAMIC | EXEC_P)) == 0)
++    return 0;
++
++  if (dynsymcount <= 0)
++    return 0;
++
++  relplt = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".rela.plt");
++  if (relplt == NULL)
++    return 0;
++
++  plt = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".plt");
++  if (plt == NULL)
++    return 0;
++
++  /* Call common code to handle old-style executable PLTs.  */
++  if (elf_section_flags (plt) & SHF_EXECINSTR)
++    return _bfd_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (abfd, symcount, syms,
++					  dynsymcount, dynsyms, ret);
++
++  /* If this object was prelinked, the prelinker stored the address
++     of .glink at got[1].  If it wasn't prelinked, got[1] will be zero.  */
++  dynamic = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".dynamic");
++  if (dynamic != NULL)
++    {
++      bfd_byte *dynbuf, *extdyn, *extdynend;
++      size_t extdynsize;
++      void (*swap_dyn_in) (bfd *, const void *, Elf_Internal_Dyn *);
++
++      if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, dynamic, &dynbuf))
++	return -1;
++
++      extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
++      swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
++
++      extdyn = dynbuf;
++      extdynend = extdyn + dynamic->size;
++      for (; extdyn < extdynend; extdyn += extdynsize)
++	{
++	  Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
++	  (*swap_dyn_in) (abfd, extdyn, &dyn);
++
++	  if (dyn.d_tag == DT_NULL)
++	    break;
++
++	  if (dyn.d_tag == DT_PPC_GOT)
++	    {
++	      unsigned int g_o_t = dyn.d_un.d_val;
++	      asection *got = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".got");
++	      if (got != NULL
++		  && bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, got, buf,
++					       g_o_t - got->vma + 4, 4))
++		glink_vma = bfd_get_32 (abfd, buf);
++	      break;
++	    }
++	}
++      free (dynbuf);
++    }
++
++  /* Otherwise we read the first plt entry.  */
++  if (glink_vma == 0)
++    {
++      if (bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, plt, buf, 0, 4))
++	glink_vma = bfd_get_32 (abfd, buf);
++    }
++
++  if (glink_vma == 0)
++    return 0;
++
++  /* The .glink section usually does not survive the final
++     link; search for the section (usually .text) where the
++     glink stubs now reside.  */
++  glink = bfd_sections_find_if (abfd, section_covers_vma, &glink_vma);
++  if (glink == NULL)
++    return 0;
++
++  /* Determine glink PLT resolver by reading the relative branch
++     from the first glink stub.  */
++  if (bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, glink, buf,
++				glink_vma - glink->vma, 4))
++    {
++      unsigned int insn = bfd_get_32 (abfd, buf);
++
++      /* The first glink stub may either branch to the resolver ...  */
++      insn ^= B;
++      if ((insn & ~0x3fffffc) == 0)
++	resolv_vma = glink_vma + (insn ^ 0x2000000) - 0x2000000;
++
++      /* ... or fall through a bunch of NOPs.  */
++      else if ((insn ^ B ^ NOP) == 0)
++	for (i = 4;
++	     bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, glink, buf,
++				       glink_vma - glink->vma + i, 4);
++	     i += 4)
++	  if (bfd_get_32 (abfd, buf) != NOP)
++	    {
++	      resolv_vma = glink_vma + i;
++	      break;
++	    }
++    }
++
++  slurp_relocs = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->slurp_reloc_table;
++  if (! (*slurp_relocs) (abfd, relplt, dynsyms, TRUE))
++    return -1;
++
++  count = relplt->size / sizeof (Elf32_External_Rela);
++  stub_vma = glink_vma - (bfd_vma) count * 16;
++  size = count * sizeof (asymbol);
++  p = relplt->relocation;
++  for (i = 0; i < count; i++, p++)
++    size += strlen ((*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name) + sizeof ("@plt");
++
++  size += sizeof (asymbol) + sizeof ("__glink");
++
++  if (resolv_vma)
++    size += sizeof (asymbol) + sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve");
++
++  s = *ret = bfd_malloc (size);
++  if (s == NULL)
++    return -1;
++
++  names = (char *) (s + count + 1 + (resolv_vma != 0));
++  p = relplt->relocation;
++  for (i = 0; i < count; i++, p++)
++    {
++      size_t len;
++
++      *s = **p->sym_ptr_ptr;
++      /* Undefined syms won't have BSF_LOCAL or BSF_GLOBAL set.  Since
++	 we are defining a symbol, ensure one of them is set.  */
++      if ((s->flags & BSF_LOCAL) == 0)
++	s->flags |= BSF_GLOBAL;
++      s->section = glink;
++      s->value = stub_vma - glink->vma;
++      s->name = names;
++      s->udata.p = NULL;
++      len = strlen ((*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name);
++      memcpy (names, (*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name, len);
++      names += len;
++      memcpy (names, "@plt", sizeof ("@plt"));
++      names += sizeof ("@plt");
++      ++s;
++      stub_vma += 16;
++    }
++
++  /* Add a symbol at the start of the glink branch table.  */
++  memset (s, 0, sizeof *s);
++  s->the_bfd = abfd;
++  s->flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
++  s->section = glink;
++  s->value = glink_vma - glink->vma;
++  s->name = names;
++  memcpy (names, "__glink", sizeof ("__glink"));
++  names += sizeof ("__glink");
++  s++;
++  count++;
++
++  if (resolv_vma)
++    {
++      /* Add a symbol for the glink PLT resolver.  */
++      memset (s, 0, sizeof *s);
++      s->the_bfd = abfd;
++      s->flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
++      s->section = glink;
++      s->value = resolv_vma - glink->vma;
++      s->name = names;
++      memcpy (names, "__glink_PLTresolve", sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve"));
++      names += sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve");
++      s++;
++      count++;
++    }
++
++  return count;
++}
++
+ /* The following functions are specific to the ELF linker, while
+    functions above are used generally.  They appear in this file more
+    or less in the order in which they are called.  eg.
+@@ -7733,6 +7935,7 @@ ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *ou
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_name_lookup	ppc_elf_reloc_name_lookup
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_set_private_flags		ppc_elf_set_private_flags
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_link_hash_table_create	ppc_elf_link_hash_table_create
++#define bfd_elf32_get_synthetic_symtab		ppc_elf_get_synthetic_symtab
+ 
+ #define elf_backend_object_p			ppc_elf_object_p
+ #define elf_backend_gc_mark_hook		ppc_elf_gc_mark_hook
+@@ -7847,6 +8050,8 @@ ppc_elf_vxworks_final_write_processing (
+ #undef elf_backend_got_header_size
+ #define elf_backend_got_header_size		12
+ 
++#undef bfd_elf32_get_synthetic_symtab
++
+ #undef bfd_elf32_bfd_link_hash_table_create
+ #define bfd_elf32_bfd_link_hash_table_create \
+   ppc_elf_vxworks_link_hash_table_create
+--- ./bfd/elf64-ppc.c	2008-02-15 09:27:19.000000000 +0100
++++ ./bfd/elf64-ppc.c	2008-07-24 15:42:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2771,8 +2771,17 @@ sym_exists_at (asymbol **syms, long lo, 
+   return NULL;
+ }
+ 
++static bfd_boolean
++section_covers_vma (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection *section, void *ptr)
++{
++  bfd_vma vma = *(bfd_vma *) ptr;
++  return ((section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
++	  && section->vma <= vma
++	  && vma < section->vma + section->size);
++}
++
+ /* Create synthetic symbols, effectively restoring "dot-symbol" function
+-   entry syms.  */
++   entry syms.  Also generate @plt symbols for the glink branch table.  */
+ 
+ static long
+ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abfd,
+@@ -2862,8 +2871,6 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abf
+   symcount = i;
+ 
+   count = 0;
+-  if (opdsymend == secsymend)
+-    goto done;
+ 
+   if (relocatable)
+     {
+@@ -2872,6 +2879,9 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abf
+       size_t size;
+       long relcount;
+ 
++      if (opdsymend == secsymend)
++	goto done;
++
+       slurp_relocs = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->slurp_reloc_table;
+       relcount = (opd->flags & SEC_RELOC) ? opd->reloc_count : 0;
+       if (relcount == 0)
+@@ -2960,8 +2970,13 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abf
+     }
+   else
+     {
++      bfd_boolean (*slurp_relocs) (bfd *, asection *, asymbol **, bfd_boolean);
+       bfd_byte *contents;
+       size_t size;
++      long plt_count = 0;
++      bfd_vma glink_vma = 0, resolv_vma = 0;
++      asection *dynamic, *glink = NULL, *relplt = NULL;
++      arelent *p;
+ 
+       if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, opd, &contents))
+ 	{
+@@ -2988,11 +3003,85 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abf
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+ 
++      /* Get start of .glink stubs from DT_PPC64_GLINK.  */
++      dynamic = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".dynamic");
++      if (dynamic != NULL)
++	{
++	  bfd_byte *dynbuf, *extdyn, *extdynend;
++	  size_t extdynsize;
++	  void (*swap_dyn_in) (bfd *, const void *, Elf_Internal_Dyn *);
++
++	  if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, dynamic, &dynbuf))
++	    goto free_contents_and_exit;
++
++	  extdynsize = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->sizeof_dyn;
++	  swap_dyn_in = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->swap_dyn_in;
++
++	  extdyn = dynbuf;
++	  extdynend = extdyn + dynamic->size;
++	  for (; extdyn < extdynend; extdyn += extdynsize)
++	    {
++	      Elf_Internal_Dyn dyn;
++	      (*swap_dyn_in) (abfd, extdyn, &dyn);
++
++	      if (dyn.d_tag == DT_NULL)
++		break;
++
++	      if (dyn.d_tag == DT_PPC64_GLINK)
++		{
++		  /* The first glink stub starts at offset 32; see comment in
++		     ppc64_elf_finish_dynamic_sections. */
++		  glink_vma = dyn.d_un.d_val + 32;
++		  /* The .glink section usually does not survive the final
++		     link; search for the section (usually .text) where the
++		     glink stubs now reside.  */
++		  glink = bfd_sections_find_if (abfd, section_covers_vma,
++						&glink_vma);
++		  break;
++		}
++	    }
++
++	  free (dynbuf);
++	}
++
++      if (glink != NULL)
++	{
++	  /* Determine __glink trampoline by reading the relative branch
++	     from the first glink stub.  */
++	  bfd_byte buf[4];
++	  if (bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, glink, buf,
++					glink_vma + 4 - glink->vma, 4))
++	    {
++	      unsigned int insn = bfd_get_32 (abfd, buf);
++	      insn ^= B_DOT;
++	      if ((insn & ~0x3fffffc) == 0)
++		resolv_vma = glink_vma + 4 + (insn ^ 0x2000000) - 0x2000000;
++	    }
++
++	  if (resolv_vma)
++	    size += sizeof (asymbol) + sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve");
++	}
++
++      relplt = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".rela.plt");
++      if (glink != NULL && relplt != NULL)
++	{
++	  slurp_relocs = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->s->slurp_reloc_table;
++	  if (! (*slurp_relocs) (abfd, relplt, dyn_syms, TRUE))
++	    goto free_contents_and_exit;
++	
++	  plt_count = relplt->size / sizeof (Elf64_External_Rela);
++	  size += plt_count * sizeof (asymbol);
++
++	  p = relplt->relocation;
++	  for (i = 0; i < plt_count; i++, p++)
++	    size += strlen ((*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name) + sizeof ("@plt");
++	}
++
+       s = *ret = bfd_malloc (size);
+       if (s == NULL)
+ 	goto free_contents_and_exit;
+ 
+-      names = (char *) (s + count);
++      names = (char *) (s + count + plt_count + (resolv_vma != 0));
+ 
+       for (i = secsymend; i < opdsymend; ++i)
+ 	{
+@@ -3048,6 +3137,66 @@ ppc64_elf_get_synthetic_symtab (bfd *abf
+ 	    }
+ 	}
+       free (contents);
++
++      if (glink != NULL && relplt != NULL)
++	{
++	  if (resolv_vma)
++	    {
++	      /* Add a symbol for the main glink trampoline.  */
++	      memset (s, 0, sizeof *s);
++	      s->the_bfd = abfd;
++	      s->flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
++	      s->section = glink;
++	      s->value = resolv_vma - glink->vma;
++	      s->name = names;
++	      memcpy (names, "__glink_PLTresolve", sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve"));
++	      names += sizeof ("__glink_PLTresolve");
++	      s++;
++	      count++;
++	    }
++
++	  /* FIXME: It would be very much nicer to put sym@plt on the
++	     stub rather than on the glink branch table entry.  The
++	     objdump disassembler would then use a sensible symbol
++	     name on plt calls.  The difficulty in doing so is
++	     a) finding the stubs, and,
++	     b) matching stubs against plt entries, and,
++	     c) there can be multiple stubs for a given plt entry.
++
++	     Solving (a) could be done by code scanning, but older
++	     ppc64 binaries used different stubs to current code.
++	     (b) is the tricky one since you need to known the toc
++	     pointer for at least one function that uses a pic stub to
++	     be able to calculate the plt address referenced.
++	     (c) means gdb would need to set multiple breakpoints (or
++	     find the glink branch itself) when setting breakpoints
++	     for pending shared library loads.  */
++	  p = relplt->relocation;
++	  for (i = 0; i < plt_count; i++, p++)
++	    {
++	      size_t len;
++
++	      *s = **p->sym_ptr_ptr;
++	      /* Undefined syms won't have BSF_LOCAL or BSF_GLOBAL set.  Since
++		 we are defining a symbol, ensure one of them is set.  */
++	      if ((s->flags & BSF_LOCAL) == 0)
++		s->flags |= BSF_GLOBAL;
++	      s->section = glink;
++	      s->value = glink_vma - glink->vma;
++	      s->name = names;
++	      s->udata.p = NULL;
++	      len = strlen ((*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name);
++	      memcpy (names, (*p->sym_ptr_ptr)->name, len);
++	      names += len;
++	      memcpy (names, "@plt", sizeof ("@plt"));
++	      names += sizeof ("@plt");
++	      s++;
++	      glink_vma += 8;
++	      if (i >= 0x8000)
++		glink_vma += 4;
++	    }
++	  count += plt_count;
++	}
+     }
+ 
+  done:
+@@ -9705,7 +9854,8 @@ ppc64_elf_build_stubs (bfd_boolean emit_
+       if (htab->emit_stub_syms)
+ 	{
+ 	  struct elf_link_hash_entry *h;
+-	  h = elf_link_hash_lookup (&htab->elf, "__glink", TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
++	  h = elf_link_hash_lookup (&htab->elf, "__glink_PLTresolve",
++				    TRUE, FALSE, FALSE);
+ 	  if (h == NULL)
+ 	    return FALSE;
+ 	  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_new)
+--- ./gdb/elfread.c	2008-07-24 15:41:07.000000000 +0200
++++ ./gdb/elfread.c	2008-07-24 15:42:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -514,6 +514,34 @@ elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile
+ 	  if (msym != NULL)
+ 	    msym->filename = filesymname;
+ 	  gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (current_gdbarch, sym, msym);
++ 
++ 	  /* For @plt symbols, also record a trampoline to the
++ 	     destination symbol.  The @plt symbol will be used in
++ 	     disassembly, and the trampoline will be used when we are
++ 	     trying to find the target.  */
++ 	  if (msym && ms_type == mst_text && type == ST_SYNTHETIC)
++ 	    {
++ 	      int len = strlen (sym->name);
++ 
++ 	      if (len > 4 && strcmp (sym->name + len - 4, "@plt") == 0)
++ 		{
++ 		  char *base_name = alloca (len - 4 + 1);
++ 		  struct minimal_symbol *mtramp;
++ 
++ 		  memcpy (base_name, sym->name, len - 4);
++ 		  base_name[len - 4] = '\0';
++ 		  mtramp = record_minimal_symbol (base_name, symaddr,
++ 						  mst_solib_trampoline,
++ 						  sym->section, objfile);
++ 		  if (mtramp)
++ 		    {
++ 		      MSYMBOL_SIZE (mtramp) = MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym);
++ 		      mtramp->filename = filesymname;
++ 		      gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (current_gdbarch, sym,
++							mtramp);
++ 		    }
++ 		}
++ 	    }
+ 	}
+     }
+ }
+--- ./gdb/minsyms.c	2008-07-24 15:41:07.000000000 +0200
++++ ./gdb/minsyms.c	2008-07-24 15:42:48.000000000 +0200
+@@ -357,10 +357,15 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_solib_trampoline (
+    ALL the minimal symbol tables before deciding on the symbol that
+    comes closest to the specified PC.  This is because objfiles can
+    overlap, for example objfile A has .text at 0x100 and .data at
+-   0x40000 and objfile B has .text at 0x234 and .data at 0x40048.  */
++   0x40000 and objfile B has .text at 0x234 and .data at 0x40048.
+ 
+-struct minimal_symbol *
+-lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR pc, asection *section)
++   If WANT_TRAMPOLINE is set, prefer mst_solib_trampoline symbols when
++   there are text and trampoline symbols at the same address.
++   Otherwise prefer mst_text symbols.  */
++
++static struct minimal_symbol *
++lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1 (CORE_ADDR pc, asection *section,
++				       int want_trampoline)
+ {
+   int lo;
+   int hi;
+@@ -369,7 +374,11 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (COR
+   struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
+   struct minimal_symbol *best_symbol = NULL;
+   struct obj_section *pc_section;
++  enum minimal_symbol_type want_type, other_type;
+ 
++  want_type = want_trampoline ? mst_solib_trampoline : mst_text;
++  other_type = want_trampoline ? mst_text : mst_solib_trampoline;
++  
+   /* PC has to be in a known section.  This ensures that anything
+      beyond the end of the last segment doesn't appear to be part of
+      the last function in the last segment.  */
+@@ -491,6 +500,24 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (COR
+ 		      continue;
+ 		    }
+ 
++		  /* If we are looking for a trampoline and this is a
++		     text symbol, or the other way around, check the
++		     preceeding symbol too.  If they are otherwise
++		     identical prefer that one.  */
++		  if (hi > 0
++		      && MSYMBOL_TYPE (&msymbol[hi]) == other_type
++		      && MSYMBOL_TYPE (&msymbol[hi - 1]) == want_type
++		      && (MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi])
++			  == MSYMBOL_SIZE (&msymbol[hi - 1]))
++		      && (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi])
++			  == SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi - 1]))
++		      && (SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi])
++			  == SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (&msymbol[hi - 1])))
++		    {
++		      hi--;
++		      continue;
++		    }
++
+ 		  /* If the minimal symbol has a zero size, save it
+ 		     but keep scanning backwards looking for one with
+ 		     a non-zero size.  A zero size may mean that the
+@@ -571,6 +598,12 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (COR
+   return (best_symbol);
+ }
+ 
++struct minimal_symbol *
++lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR pc, asection *section)
++{
++  return lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1 (pc, section, 0);
++}
++
+ /* Backward compatibility: search through the minimal symbol table 
+    for a matching PC (no section given) */
+ 
+@@ -1024,7 +1057,13 @@ msymbols_sort (struct objfile *objfile)
+ struct minimal_symbol *
+ lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR pc)
+ {
+-  struct minimal_symbol *msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (pc);
++  struct obj_section *section = find_pc_section (pc);
++  struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
++
++  if (section == NULL)
++    return NULL;
++  msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1 (pc, section->the_bfd_section,
++						   1);
+ 
+   if (msymbol != NULL && MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) == mst_solib_trampoline)
+     return msymbol;
+--- ./gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c	2008-02-20 15:31:40.000000000 +0100
++++ ./gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c	2008-07-24 15:43:24.000000000 +0200
+@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ ppc64_skip_trampoline_code (struct frame
+ }
+ 
+ 
+-/* Support for convert_from_func_ptr_addr (ARCH, ADDR, TARG) on PPC
++/* Support for convert_from_func_ptr_addr (ARCH, ADDR, TARG) on PPC64
+    GNU/Linux.
+ 
+    Usually a function pointer's representation is simply the address
+@@ -557,12 +557,6 @@ ppc64_skip_trampoline_code (struct frame
+    function, the second word is the TOC pointer (r2), and the third word
+    is the static chain value.
+ 
+-   For PPC32, there are two kinds of function pointers: non-secure and
+-   secure.  Non-secure function pointers point directly to the
+-   function in a code section and thus need no translation.  Secure
+-   ones (from GCC's -msecure-plt option) are in a data section and
+-   contain one word: the address of the function.
+-
+    Throughout GDB it is currently assumed that a function pointer contains
+    the address of the function, which is not easy to fix.  In addition, the
+    conversion of a function address to a function pointer would
+@@ -578,40 +572,15 @@ ppc64_skip_trampoline_code (struct frame
+    random addresses such as occur when there is no symbol table.  */
+ 
+ static CORE_ADDR
+-ppc_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+-				      CORE_ADDR addr,
+-				      struct target_ops *targ)
++ppc64_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
++					CORE_ADDR addr,
++					struct target_ops *targ)
+ {
+-  struct gdbarch_tdep *tdep;
+   struct section_table *s = target_section_by_addr (targ, addr);
+-  char *sect_name = NULL;
+-
+-  if (!s)
+-    return addr;
+-
+-  tdep = gdbarch_tdep (gdbarch);
+-
+-  switch (tdep->wordsize)
+-    {
+-      case 4:
+-	sect_name = ".plt";
+-	break;
+-      case 8:
+-	sect_name = ".opd";
+-	break;
+-      default:
+-	internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
+-			_("failed internal consistency check"));
+-    }
+ 
+   /* Check if ADDR points to a function descriptor.  */
+-
+-  /* NOTE: this depends on the coincidence that the address of a functions
+-     entry point is contained in the first word of its function descriptor
+-     for both PPC-64 and for PPC-32 with secure PLTs.  */
+-  if ((strcmp (s->the_bfd_section->name, sect_name) == 0)
+-      && s->the_bfd_section->flags & SEC_DATA)
+-    return get_target_memory_unsigned (targ, addr, tdep->wordsize);
++  if (s && strcmp (s->the_bfd_section->name, ".opd") == 0)
++    return get_target_memory_unsigned (targ, addr, 8);
+ 
+   return addr;
+ }
+@@ -905,11 +874,6 @@ ppc_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info 
+   set_gdbarch_long_double_bit (gdbarch, 16 * TARGET_CHAR_BIT);
+   set_gdbarch_long_double_format (gdbarch, floatformats_ibm_long_double);
+ 
+-  /* Handle PPC GNU/Linux 64-bit function pointers (which are really
+-     function descriptors) and 32-bit secure PLT entries.  */
+-  set_gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
+-    (gdbarch, ppc_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr);
+-
+   if (tdep->wordsize == 4)
+     {
+       /* Until November 2001, gcc did not comply with the 32 bit SysV
+@@ -937,6 +901,11 @@ ppc_linux_init_abi (struct gdbarch_info 
+   
+   if (tdep->wordsize == 8)
+     {
++      /* Handle PPC GNU/Linux 64-bit function pointers (which are really
++	 function descriptors).  */
++      set_gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
++	(gdbarch, ppc64_linux_convert_from_func_ptr_addr);
++
+       /* Shared library handling.  */
+       set_gdbarch_skip_trampoline_code (gdbarch, ppc64_skip_trampoline_code);
+       set_solib_svr4_fetch_link_map_offsets

gdb.spec

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Version: 6.8
 
 # The release always contains a leading reserved number, start it at 1.
 # `upstream' is not a part of `name' to stay fully rpm dependencies compatible for the testing.
-Release: 17%{?_with_upstream:.upstream}%{?dist}
+Release: 18%{?_with_upstream:.upstream}%{?dist}
 
 License: GPLv3+
 Group: Development/Debuggers
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ Patch326: gdb-6.8-tui-singlebinary.patch
 Patch327: gdb-6.8-inlining.patch
 Patch328: gdb-6.8-inlining-by-name.patch
 
+# Fix PRPSINFO in the core files dumped by gcore (BZ 254229).
+Patch329: gdb-6.8-bz254229-gcore-prpsinfo.patch
+
+# Fix register assignments with no GDB stack frames (BZ 436037).
+Patch330: gdb-6.8-bz436037-reg-no-longer-active.patch
+
 BuildRequires: ncurses-devel glibc-devel gcc make gzip texinfo dejagnu gettext
 BuildRequires: flex bison sharutils expat-devel
 Requires: readline
@@ -569,6 +575,8 @@ rm -f gdb/jv-exp.c gdb/m2-exp.c gdb/objc-exp.c gdb/p-exp.c
 %patch326 -p1
 %patch327 -p1
 %patch328 -p1
+%patch329 -p1
+%patch330 -p1
 %patch124 -p1
 
 find -name "*.orig" | xargs rm -f
@@ -669,8 +677,6 @@ echo ====================TESTING=========================
 cd gdb
 gcc -o ./orphanripper %{SOURCE2} -Wall -lutil
 # Need to use a single --ignore option, second use overrides first.
-# "chng-syms.exp" for possibly avoiding Linux kernel crash - Bug 207002.
-# "threadcrash.exp" is incompatible on ia64 with old kernels.
 # No `%{?_smp_mflags}' here as it may race.
 # WARNING: can't generate a core file - core tests suppressed - check ulimit
 # "readline-overflow.exp" - Testcase is broken, functionality is OK.
@@ -680,26 +686,34 @@ gcc -o ./orphanripper %{SOURCE2} -Wall -lutil
   ulimit -c unlimited || :
 
   # Setup $CHECK as `check//unix/' or `check//unix/-m64' for explicit bitsize.
-  # Simple `check' is not used for $CHECK as different escaping rules apply
-  # for the --ignore list delimiting spaces.
+  # Never use two different bitsizes as it fails on ppc64.
   echo 'int main (void) { return 0; }' >biarch.c
-  gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -o biarch biarch.c
-  mv -f biarch biarch-native
-  # Do not try -m64 for biarch as GDB cannot handle inferior larger than itself.
-  for BI in -m32 -m31 ""
+  CHECK=""
+  for BI in -m64 -m32 -m31 ""
   do
-    if gcc 2>/dev/null $RPM_OPT_FLAGS $BI -o biarch biarch.c
-    then
-      break
-    fi
-  done
+    # Do not use size-less options if any of the sizes works.
     # On ia64 there is no -m64 flag while we must not leave a bare `check' here
     # as it would switch over some testing scripts to the backward compatibility
-  # mode - when `make check' was executed from inside the testsuite/ directory.
-  CHECK="check//unix$(echo " $RPM_OPT_FLAGS "|sed -n 's#^.* \(-m[36][241]\) .*$#/\1#p')"
-  if ! cmp -s biarch-native biarch
+    # mode: when `make check' was executed from inside the testsuite/ directory.
+    if [ -z "$BI" -a -n "$CHECK" ];then
+      continue
+    fi
+    # Do not use $RPM_OPT_FLAGS as the other non-size options will not be used
+    # in the real run of the testsuite.
+    if ! gcc $BI -o biarch biarch.c
     then
+      continue
+    fi
     CHECK="$CHECK check//unix/$BI"
+  done
+  # Do not try -m64 inferiors for -m32 GDB as it cannot handle inferiors larger
+  # than itself.
+  # s390 -m31 still uses the standard ELF32 binary format.
+  gcc $RPM_OPT_FLAGS -o biarch biarch.c
+  RPM_SIZE="$(file ./biarch|sed -n 's/^.*: ELF \(32\|64\)-bit .*$/\1/p')"
+  if [ "$RPM_SIZE" != "64" ]
+  then
+    CHECK="$(echo " $CHECK "|sed 's# check//unix/-m64 # #')"
   fi
 
   # Disable some problematic testcases.
@@ -707,10 +721,7 @@ gcc -o ./orphanripper %{SOURCE2} -Wall -lutil
   # `check//...' target spawn and too much escaping there would be dense.
   for test in				\
     gdb.base/readline-overflow.exp	\
-    gdb.base/chng-syms.exp		\
-    gdb.base/checkpoint.exp		\
     gdb.base/bigcore.exp		\
-    gdb.threads/threadcrash.exp		\
   ; do
     mv -f ../../gdb/testsuite/$test ../gdb/testsuite/$test-DISABLED || :
   done
@@ -718,7 +729,7 @@ gcc -o ./orphanripper %{SOURCE2} -Wall -lutil
 %if 0%{!?_with_upstream:1}
   # Run all the scheduled testsuite runs also in the PIE mode.
   # Upstream GDB would lock up the testsuite run for too long on its failures.
-  CHECK="$(echo $CHECK|sed 's#check//unix[^ ]*#& &/-fPIE/-pie#g')"
+  CHECK="$(echo $CHECK|sed 's#check//unix/[^ ]*#& &/-fPIE/-pie#g')"
 %endif	# 0%{!?_with_upstream:1}
 
   for CURRENT in $CHECK
@@ -832,6 +843,14 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug  1 2008 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 6.8-18
+- Fix powerpc recent secure PLTs handling (shared library calls) (BZ 452960).
+- Fix the testsuite .spec runner to run biarch also on ppc.
+- Reenable testcases threadcrash.exp, chng-syms.exp, checkpoint.exp (BZ 207002).
+- Fix PRPSINFO in the core files dumped by gcore (BZ 254229), reformatted patch
+  from Denys Vlasenko.
+- Fix register assignments with no GDB stack frames, Denys Vlasenko (BZ 436037).
+
 * Mon Jul 14 2008 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 6.8-17
 - Refresh the patchset with fuzz 0 (for new rpmbuild).