+static LONGEST
+sparc64_linux_get_syscall_number (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ ptid_t ptid)
+{
+ struct regcache *regcache = get_thread_regcache (ptid);
+ enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
+ /* The content of a register. */
+ gdb_byte buf[8];
+ /* The result. */
+ LONGEST ret;
+
+ /* Getting the system call number from the register.
+ When dealing with the sparc architecture, this information
+ is stored at the %g1 register. */
+ regcache_cooked_read (regcache, SPARC_G1_REGNUM, buf);
+
+ ret = extract_signed_integer (buf, 8, byte_order);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+