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diff --git a/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c b/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
index 8023026a209..0cfec203f5e 100644
--- a/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
/* Prototypes for supply_gregset etc. */
#include "gregset.h"
+/* Defines ps_err_e, struct ps_prochandle. */
+#include "gdb_proc_service.h"
+
+#ifndef PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA
+#define PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA 22
+#endif
+
extern int arm_apcs_32;
#define typeNone 0x00
@@ -694,6 +701,23 @@ arm_linux_kernel_u_size (void)
return (sizeof (struct user));
}
+/* Fetch the thread-local storage pointer for libthread_db. */
+
+ps_err_e
+ps_get_thread_area (const struct ps_prochandle *ph,
+ lwpid_t lwpid, int idx, void **base)
+{
+ if (ptrace (PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA, lwpid, NULL, base) != 0)
+ return PS_ERR;
+
+ /* IDX is the bias from the thread pointer to the beginning of the
+ thread descriptor. It has to be subtracted due to implementation
+ quirks in libthread_db. */
+ *base = (void *) ((char *)*base - idx);
+
+ return PS_OK;
+}
+
static unsigned int
get_linux_version (unsigned int *vmajor,
unsigned int *vminor,