2012-06-04 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>

	* gdbarch.sh (gdb_signal_from_target): Mention that the
	implementation of the method must be host independent.
	* gdbarch.h: Regenerate.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0f5d4d99bb923e2c1b5e6fd62ecb9f5fcc3d0a0d..ec6d26a70a16824654ae23484245536a84a2e8e6 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-06-04  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+       * gdbarch.sh (gdb_signal_from_target): Mention that the
+       implementation of the method must be host independent.
+       * gdbarch.h: Regenerate.
+
 2012-06-04  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
 
        * symfile-mem.c: 3 new gdb_static_assert for target_read_memory_bfd

diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.h b/gdb/gdbarch.h
index 5d73d7272cd852492d90d7f2f212ddcea7d1d991..da449c2a654a989a7600ccc687f2b209d586d01b 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.h
@@ -940,10 +940,13 @@ extern int gdbarch_process_record_signal (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct regcac
 extern void set_gdbarch_process_record_signal (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, gdbarch_process_record_signal_ftype *process_record_signal);
 
 /* Signal translation: translate inferior's signal (target's) number
-   into GDB's representation.  This is mainly used when cross-debugging
-   core files --- "Live" targets hide the translation behind the target
-   interface (target_wait, target_resume, etc.).  The default is to do
-   the translation using host signal numbers. */
+   into GDB's representation.  The implementation of this method must
+   be host independent.  IOW, don't rely on symbols of the NAT_FILE
+   header (the nm-*.h files), the host <signal.h> header, or similar
+   headers.  This is mainly used when cross-debugging core files ---
+   "Live" targets hide the translation behind the target interface
+   (target_wait, target_resume, etc.).  The default is to do the
+   translation using host signal numbers. */
 
 typedef enum gdb_signal (gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target_ftype) (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int signo);
 extern enum gdb_signal gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int signo);

diff --git a/gdb/gdbarch.sh b/gdb/gdbarch.sh
index cc1fe654a059d020421e78c3ade5167ba8345d62..5cefdab8d3f5f1ac7e9601e5fb887c5893c6ba3a 100755 (executable)
--- a/gdb/gdbarch.sh
+++ b/gdb/gdbarch.sh
@@ -773,10 +773,13 @@ M:int:process_record:struct regcache *regcache, CORE_ADDR addr:regcache, addr
 M:int:process_record_signal:struct regcache *regcache, enum gdb_signal signal:regcache, signal
 
 # Signal translation: translate inferior's signal (target's) number
-# into GDB's representation.  This is mainly used when cross-debugging
-# core files --- "Live" targets hide the translation behind the target
-# interface (target_wait, target_resume, etc.).  The default is to do
-# the translation using host signal numbers.
+# into GDB's representation.  The implementation of this method must
+# be host independent.  IOW, don't rely on symbols of the NAT_FILE
+# header (the nm-*.h files), the host <signal.h> header, or similar
+# headers.  This is mainly used when cross-debugging core files ---
+# "Live" targets hide the translation behind the target interface
+# (target_wait, target_resume, etc.).  The default is to do the
+# translation using host signal numbers.
 m:enum gdb_signal:gdb_signal_from_target:int signo:signo::default_gdb_signal_from_target::0
 
 # Extra signal info inspection.