[binutils-gdb] gdb/linux: add helpers to read AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ccfd02bea11a145c873d297e44e2aa7ab704bf5

commit 7ccfd02bea11a145c873d297e44e2aa7ab704bf5
Author: Matthieu Longo <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed May 20 11:49:58 2026 +0100

    gdb/linux: add helpers to read AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4
    
    Add linux_get_hwcap3 and linux_get_hwcap4 helpers to GDB and gdbserver,
    mirroring the existing linux_get_hwcap and linux_get_hwcap2 interfaces.
    
    The new helpers retrieve the AT_HWCAP3 and AT_HWCAP4 auxiliary vector
    entry either from explicitly supplied auxv data or from the current
    inferior.
    
    This prepares for future features that depend on HWCAP3 and HWCAP4
    capability bits.
    
    Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <[email protected]>
    Approved-By: Simon Marchi <[email protected]>

Diff:
---
 gdb/linux-tdep.c       | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/linux-tdep.h       | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdbserver/linux-low.cc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdbserver/linux-low.h  |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 96 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/linux-tdep.c b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
index bbc4009d43c..e37c400bed1 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-tdep.c
@@ -3136,6 +3136,44 @@ linux_get_hwcap2 ()
 			   current_inferior ()->arch ());
 }
 
+/* See linux-tdep.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap3 (const std::optional<gdb::byte_vector> &auxv,
+		  target_ops *target, gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  return linux_get_hwcap_helper (auxv, target, gdbarch, AT_HWCAP3);
+}
+
+/* See linux-tdep.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap3 ()
+{
+  return linux_get_hwcap3 (target_read_auxv (),
+			   current_inferior ()->top_target (),
+			   current_inferior ()->arch ());
+}
+
+/* See linux-tdep.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap4 (const std::optional<gdb::byte_vector> &auxv,
+		  target_ops *target, gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  return linux_get_hwcap_helper (auxv, target, gdbarch, AT_HWCAP4);
+}
+
+/* See linux-tdep.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap4 ()
+{
+  return linux_get_hwcap4 (target_read_auxv (),
+			   current_inferior ()->top_target (),
+			   current_inferior ()->arch ());
+}
+
 /* Display whether the gcore command is using the
    /proc/PID/coredump_filter file.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/linux-tdep.h b/gdb/linux-tdep.h
index 1f40756eb2f..891260e001d 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-tdep.h
+++ b/gdb/linux-tdep.h
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap2 (const std::optional<gdb::byte_vector> &auxv,
 
 extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap2 ();
 
+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP3 entry from auxv data AUXV.  Use TARGET and GDBARCH to
+   parse auxv entries.
+
+   On error, 0 is returned.  */
+extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap3 (const std::optional<gdb::byte_vector> &auxv,
+				   struct target_ops *target, gdbarch *gdbarch);
+
+/* Same as the above, but obtain all the inputs from the current inferior.  */
+
+extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap3 ();
+
+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP4 entry from auxv data AUXV.  Use TARGET and GDBARCH to
+   parse auxv entries.
+
+   On error, 0 is returned.  */
+extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap4 (const std::optional<gdb::byte_vector> &auxv,
+				   struct target_ops *target, gdbarch *gdbarch);
+
+/* Same as the above, but obtain all the inputs from the current inferior.  */
+
+extern CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap4 ();
+
 /* Returns true if ADDR belongs to a shadow stack memory range.  If this
    is the case, assign the shadow stack memory range to RANGE
    [start_address, end_address).  */
diff --git a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
index f1be62225e2..c4daba0bf40 100644
--- a/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
+++ b/gdbserver/linux-low.cc
@@ -70,6 +70,14 @@
 #define AT_HWCAP2 26
 #endif
 
+#ifndef AT_HWCAP3
+#define AT_HWCAP3 29
+#endif
+
+#ifndef AT_HWCAP4
+#define AT_HWCAP4 30
+#endif
+
 /* Some targets did not define these ptrace constants from the start,
    so gdbserver defines them locally here.  In the future, these may
    be removed after they are added to asm/ptrace.h.  */
@@ -7235,6 +7243,26 @@ linux_get_hwcap2 (int pid, int wordsize)
   return hwcap2;
 }
 
+/* See linux-low.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap3 (int pid, int wordsize)
+{
+  CORE_ADDR hwcap3 = 0;
+  linux_get_auxv (pid, wordsize, AT_HWCAP3, &hwcap3);
+  return hwcap3;
+}
+
+/* See linux-low.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap4 (int pid, int wordsize)
+{
+  CORE_ADDR hwcap4 = 0;
+  linux_get_auxv (pid, wordsize, AT_HWCAP4, &hwcap4);
+  return hwcap4;
+}
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_REGSETS
 void
 initialize_regsets_info (struct regsets_info *info)
diff --git a/gdbserver/linux-low.h b/gdbserver/linux-low.h
index 60154240ddd..b274d3cb370 100644
--- a/gdbserver/linux-low.h
+++ b/gdbserver/linux-low.h
@@ -977,4 +977,12 @@ CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap (int pid, int wordsize);
 
 CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap2 (int pid, int wordsize);
 
+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP3 entry from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE, of process with pid PID.  If no entry was found, return 0.  */
+CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap3 (int pid, int wordsize);
+
+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP4 entry from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE, of process with pid PID.  If no entry was found, return 0.  */
+CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap4 (int pid, int wordsize);
+
 #endif /* GDBSERVER_LINUX_LOW_H */