From 97b6e0f6c88d02eac1df0254cdd5c80f40f4869d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:39:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] *-fbsd-nat: Handle null inferior in read_description.

Don't invoke ptrace in the target read_description method if there is
not an active inferior to query via ptrace.  Instead, use the default
register set for the architecture.

Previously the native target could report an error from a failed
ptrace operation when fetching a tdesc without an attached process.
For example on FreeBSD/amd64:

(gdb) target native
Done.  Use the "run" command to start a process.
(gdb) unset tdesc filename
Couldn't get registers: Operation not permitted.
---
 gdb/aarch64-fbsd-nat.c | 3 +++
 gdb/amd64-fbsd-nat.c   | 3 +++
 gdb/arm-fbsd-nat.c     | 3 +++
 gdb/i386-fbsd-nat.c    | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/aarch64-fbsd-nat.c b/gdb/aarch64-fbsd-nat.c
index 709f5162ce0..38fb093f139 100644
--- a/gdb/aarch64-fbsd-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/aarch64-fbsd-nat.c
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ aarch64_fbsd_nat_target::store_registers (struct regcache *regcache,
 const struct target_desc *
 aarch64_fbsd_nat_target::read_description ()
 {
+  if (inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
+    return this->beneath ()->read_description ();
+
   aarch64_features features;
   features.tls = have_regset (inferior_ptid, NT_ARM_TLS)? 1 : 0;
   return aarch64_read_description (features);
diff --git a/gdb/amd64-fbsd-nat.c b/gdb/amd64-fbsd-nat.c
index bae267f230f..43e83ff2485 100644
--- a/gdb/amd64-fbsd-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/amd64-fbsd-nat.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ amd64_fbsd_nat_target::read_description ()
   struct reg regs;
   int is64;
 
+  if (inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
+    return this->beneath ()->read_description ();
+
   if (ptrace (PT_GETREGS, inferior_ptid.pid (),
 	      (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) &regs, 0) == -1)
     perror_with_name (_("Couldn't get registers"));
diff --git a/gdb/arm-fbsd-nat.c b/gdb/arm-fbsd-nat.c
index 5181281b27d..cf22fc6cce9 100644
--- a/gdb/arm-fbsd-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/arm-fbsd-nat.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ arm_fbsd_nat_target::read_description ()
   const struct target_desc *desc;
   bool tls = false;
 
+  if (inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
+    return this->beneath ()->read_description ();
+
 #ifdef PT_GETREGSET
   tls = have_regset (inferior_ptid, NT_ARM_TLS) != 0;
 #endif
diff --git a/gdb/i386-fbsd-nat.c b/gdb/i386-fbsd-nat.c
index 927771e8b20..a2255c3c26b 100644
--- a/gdb/i386-fbsd-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/i386-fbsd-nat.c
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ i386_fbsd_nat_target::read_description ()
 #endif
   static int xmm_probed;
 
+  if (inferior_ptid == null_ptid)
+    return this->beneath ()->read_description ();
+
 #ifdef PT_GETXSTATE_INFO
   if (!xsave_probed)
     {
-- 
2.30.2