--- /dev/null
+From 083849deeeec2854b2657b46380273ee13f4fa1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:16:02 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Move 'is_regular_file' from common-utils.c to filestuff.c
+
+There is no reason for 'is_regular_file' to be in common-utils.c; it
+belongs to 'filestuff.c'. This commit moves the function definition
+and its prototype to the appropriate files.
+
+The motivation behind this move is a failure that happens on certain
+cross-compilation environments when compiling the IPA library, due to
+the way gnulib probes the need for a 'stat' call replacement. Because
+configure checks when cross-compiling are more limited, gnulib decides
+that it needs to substitute the 'stat' calls its own 'rpl_stat';
+however, the IPA library doesn't link with gnulib, which leads to an
+error when compiling 'common-utils.c':
+
+ ...
+ /opt/x86-core2--musl--bleeding-edge-2018.09-1/bin/i686-buildroot-linux-musl-g++ -shared -fPIC -Wl,--soname=libinproctrace.so -Wl,--no-undefined -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Os -I. -I. -I./../common -I./../regformats -I./.. -I./../../include -I./../gnulib/import -Ibuild-gnulib-gdbserver/import -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-unused -Wunused-value -Wunused-function -Wno-switch -Wno-char-subscripts -Wempty-body -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wunused-but-set-variable -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-narrowing -Wno-error=maybe-uninitialized -DGDBSERVER \
+ -Wl,--dynamic-list=./proc-service.list -o libinproctrace.so ax-ipa.o common-utils-ipa.o errors-ipa.o format-ipa.o print-utils-ipa.o regcache-ipa.o remote-utils-ipa.o rsp-low-ipa.o tdesc-ipa.o tracepoint-ipa.o utils-ipa.o vec-ipa.o linux-i386-ipa.o linux-x86-tdesc-ipa.o arch/i386-ipa.o -ldl -pthread
+ /opt/x86-core2--musl--bleeding-edge-2018.09-1/lib/gcc/i686-buildroot-linux-musl/8.2.0/../../../../i686-buildroot-linux-musl/bin/ld: common-utils-ipa.o: in function `is_regular_file(char const*, int*)':
+ common-utils.c:(.text+0x695): undefined reference to `rpl_stat'
+ collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
+ Makefile:413: recipe for target 'libinproctrace.so' failed
+ make[1]: *** [libinproctrace.so] Error 1
+ ...
+
+More details can also be found at:
+
+ https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-09/msg00304.html
+
+The most simple fix for this problem is to move 'is_regular_file' to
+'filestuff.c', which is not used by IPA. This ends up making the
+files more logically organized as well, since 'is_regular_file' is a
+file operation.
+
+No regressions found.
+
+gdb/ChangeLog:
+2018-09-12 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+
+ * common/common-utils.c: Don't include '<sys/stat.h>'.
+ (is_regular_file): Move to...
+ * common/filestuff.c (is_regular_file): ... here.
+ * common/common-utils.h (is_regular_file): Move to...
+ * common/filestuff.h (is_regular_file): ... here.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 3c025cfe5efc44eb4dfb03b53dca28e75096dd1e)
+[Romain: backport to gdb 8.1 and remove ChangeLog enty]
+Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
+---
+ gdb/common/common-utils.c | 30 ------------------------------
+ gdb/common/common-utils.h | 5 -----
+ gdb/common/filestuff.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ gdb/common/filestuff.h | 5 +++++
+ 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.c b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
+index 80de826ba78..90a06390141 100644
+--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.c
++++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
+@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
+ #include "common-defs.h"
+ #include "common-utils.h"
+ #include "host-defs.h"
+-#include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+
+ /* The xmalloc() (libiberty.h) family of memory management routines.
+@@ -411,32 +410,3 @@ stringify_argv (const std::vector<char *> &args)
+ }
+
+ /* See common/common-utils.h. */
+-
+-bool
+-is_regular_file (const char *name, int *errno_ptr)
+-{
+- struct stat st;
+- const int status = stat (name, &st);
+-
+- /* Stat should never fail except when the file does not exist.
+- If stat fails, analyze the source of error and return true
+- unless the file does not exist, to avoid returning false results
+- on obscure systems where stat does not work as expected. */
+-
+- if (status != 0)
+- {
+- if (errno != ENOENT)
+- return true;
+- *errno_ptr = ENOENT;
+- return false;
+- }
+-
+- if (S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
+- return true;
+-
+- if (S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+- *errno_ptr = EISDIR;
+- else
+- *errno_ptr = EINVAL;
+- return false;
+-}
+diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.h b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
+index 5408c354693..2320318de74 100644
+--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.h
++++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
+@@ -146,9 +146,4 @@ in_inclusive_range (T value, T low, T high)
+ return value >= low && value <= high;
+ }
+
+-/* Return true if the file NAME exists and is a regular file.
+- If the result is false then *ERRNO_PTR is set to a useful value assuming
+- we're expecting a regular file. */
+-extern bool is_regular_file (const char *name, int *errno_ptr);
+-
+ #endif
+diff --git a/gdb/common/filestuff.c b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
+index f5a754ffa66..fa10165a7ca 100644
+--- a/gdb/common/filestuff.c
++++ b/gdb/common/filestuff.c
+@@ -417,3 +417,34 @@ make_cleanup_close (int fd)
+ *saved_fd = fd;
+ return make_cleanup_dtor (do_close_cleanup, saved_fd, xfree);
+ }
++
++/* See common/filestuff.h. */
++
++bool
++is_regular_file (const char *name, int *errno_ptr)
++{
++ struct stat st;
++ const int status = stat (name, &st);
++
++ /* Stat should never fail except when the file does not exist.
++ If stat fails, analyze the source of error and return true
++ unless the file does not exist, to avoid returning false results
++ on obscure systems where stat does not work as expected. */
++
++ if (status != 0)
++ {
++ if (errno != ENOENT)
++ return true;
++ *errno_ptr = ENOENT;
++ return false;
++ }
++
++ if (S_ISREG (st.st_mode))
++ return true;
++
++ if (S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
++ *errno_ptr = EISDIR;
++ else
++ *errno_ptr = EINVAL;
++ return false;
++}
+diff --git a/gdb/common/filestuff.h b/gdb/common/filestuff.h
+index 92a2a5f4c70..cc6dd861379 100644
+--- a/gdb/common/filestuff.h
++++ b/gdb/common/filestuff.h
+@@ -84,4 +84,9 @@ extern int gdb_pipe_cloexec (int filedes[2]);
+
+ extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_close (int fd);
+
++/* Return true if the file NAME exists and is a regular file.
++ If the result is false then *ERRNO_PTR is set to a useful value assuming
++ we're expecting a regular file. */
++extern bool is_regular_file (const char *name, int *errno_ptr);
++
+ #endif /* FILESTUFF_H */
+--
+2.14.4
+