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From 4fe67dbafa1bee679daecc12ed30621d5c2605de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 10:57:33 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix detection of 64-bit PPC inferior in gdbserver

Issue #16775

* gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c (ppc_arch_setup): Change variable msr to type
'unsigned long'.  Check bit 63 or bit 31 is one.

https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2014-12/msg00239.html
Written by: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>

Upstream-Status: Pending

Signed-off-by: Yuanjie Huang <yuanjie.huang@windriver.com>
---
 gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
index 63d4218..a62cf22 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ ppc_arch_setup (void)
 {
   const struct target_desc *tdesc;
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
-  long msr;
+  unsigned long msr;
   struct regcache *regcache;
 
   /* On a 64-bit host, assume 64-bit inferior process with no
@@ -384,13 +384,16 @@ ppc_arch_setup (void)
   current_process ()->tdesc = tdesc;
   ppc_hwcap = 0;
 
-  /* Only if the high bit of the MSR is set, we actually have
-     a 64-bit inferior.  */
+  /* We actually have a 64-bit inferior only if the certain bit of the
+     MSR is set.  The PowerISA Book III-S MSR is different from the
+     PowerISA Book III-E MSR.  The Book III-S MSR is 64 bits wide, and
+     its MSR[SF] is the bit 0 of a 64-bit value.  Book III-E MSR is 32
+     bits wide, and its MSR[CM] is the bit 0 of a 32-bit value.  */
   regcache = new_register_cache (tdesc);
   fetch_inferior_registers (regcache, find_regno (tdesc, "msr"));
   collect_register_by_name (regcache, "msr", &msr);
   free_register_cache (regcache);
-  if (msr < 0)
+  if (msr & 0x8000000080000000)
     {
       ppc_get_hwcap (&ppc_hwcap);
       if (ppc_hwcap & PPC_FEATURE_CELL)
-- 
1.8.5.2.233.g932f7e4