#include "ia64-tdep.h"
#include "arch-utils.h"
#include "gdbcore.h"
+#include "regcache.h"
/* The sigtramp code is in a non-readable (executable-only) region
of memory called the ``gate page''. The addresses in question
return 0;
}
}
+
+void
+ia64_linux_write_pc (CORE_ADDR pc, ptid_t ptid)
+{
+ ia64_write_pc (pc, ptid);
+
+ /* We must be careful with modifying the instruction-pointer: if we
+ just interrupt a system call, the kernel would ordinarily try to
+ restart it when we resume the inferior, which typically results
+ in SIGSEGV or SIGILL. We prevent this by clearing r10, which
+ will tell the kernel that r8 does NOT contain a valid error code
+ and hence it will skip system-call restart.
+
+ The clearing of r10 is safe as long as ia64_write_pc() is only
+ called as part of setting up an inferior call. */
+ write_register_pid (IA64_GR10_REGNUM, 0, ptid);
+}