x86: Fixed remote debugging of simulated code

GDB breaks if more bytes are sent than the transmitted registers
actually need. Therefore the GdbRegCache struct needs to be packed to
prevent padding at the end.

Change-Id: Ib2c14eb70becdac609eb4f475d5dddbd5bcc60da
Signed-off-by: Matthias Hille <matthiashille8@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3020
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>

diff --git a/src/arch/x86/remote_gdb.hh b/src/arch/x86/remote_gdb.hh
index 4a917925e9e517d49284f537a87a579d17411aca..f1cbcbe8c3e4ba408a725a3960cfab39eed90ed4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/arch/x86/remote_gdb.hh
+++ b/src/arch/x86/remote_gdb.hh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class RemoteGDB : public BaseRemoteGDB
     {
       using BaseGdbRegCache::BaseGdbRegCache;
       private:
-        struct {
+        struct M5_ATTR_PACKED {
           uint64_t rax;
           uint64_t rbx;
           uint64_t rcx;