ppc/powerpc, remote debugging (ptrace), floating point variables

[Visser, Udo RD-IS-E23]

Hello world, ;-)

when stepping through my own software, which is using floating point variables, gdb showed weird results (mostly NAN´s) for these variables. Running the software without gdb did not show any problems. The software is compiled with floating point instructions and the results (without gdb) are OK.

My setup:

MPC8349 target, "home grown", much like the MPC8349EMDS, running 2.6.16 (ppc)
GDB, gdbserver 6.3 connected via ethernet with my Linux Host.


What I did to get rid of the described problem:

In module:     arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
In function:   void flush_fp_to_thread(struct tast_struct *tsk)

I changed the line:  giveup_fpu(current);
to:                  giveup_fpu(tsk);


Now my questions: Has anybody else had such problems?
                  Have I found a bug, or will I encounter any yet unknown problems in the near future?

I would appreciate any comment on my changes, especially from the maintainers.

Thank you very much

Udo Visser

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
RD IMAGING SYSTEMS    RD-IS-E23


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