[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2][v4] correct core dump format

[Riku Voipio]

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:37:33PM +0100, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> This is the v4 of my patch correcting the core dump format.
> (3 versions for patch 2, 3 versions for patch 1 starting at version 2
> of patch 2...)

Thanks, tested to work and added to que.
 
> v4 adds some long alignments for 64bit targets,
>    renames target_long_long to target_llong, and so on...
> 
> v3 introduces a new parameter of the target: the datatype alignment size.
> 
> Targets like i386, mips or ppc align (short, int, long, long long) on
> (2, 4, 4, 8), target like x86_64 aligns on (2, 4, 8, 8)
> 
> but arm aligns on (2, 4, 4, 4) and m68k (680x0) on (2, 2, 2, 2).
> 
> And this knowledge is needed to correctly generate a core dump.
> 
> For other targets, please update the patch with your favorite one.
> 
> V2 introduces target_elf_prstatus alignment (to manage arm and m68k)
> 
> v1 corrects core dump for m68k
> 
> [PATCH 1/2][v3] linux-user: Define target alignment size
> [PATCH 2/2][v3] linux-user: correct core dump format