+static enum return_value_convention
+alpha_return_value (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *func_type,
+ struct type *type, struct regcache *regcache,
+ gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf)
+{
+ enum type_code code = TYPE_CODE (type);
+
+ if ((code == TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
+ || code == TYPE_CODE_UNION
+ || code == TYPE_CODE_ARRAY)
+ && gdbarch_tdep (gdbarch)->return_in_memory (type))
+ {
+ if (readbuf)
+ {
+ ULONGEST addr;
+ regcache_raw_read_unsigned (regcache, ALPHA_V0_REGNUM, &addr);
+ read_memory (addr, readbuf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
+ }
+
+ return RETURN_VALUE_ABI_RETURNS_ADDRESS;
+ }
+
+ if (readbuf)
+ alpha_extract_return_value (type, regcache, readbuf);
+ if (writebuf)
+ alpha_store_return_value (type, regcache, writebuf);
+
+ return RETURN_VALUE_REGISTER_CONVENTION;
+}
+
+static int
+alpha_return_in_memory_always (struct type *type)
+{
+ return 1;
+}