+ struct gdbarch *gdbarch = target_gdbarch();
+
+ if (gdbarch_auxv_parse_p (gdbarch))
+ return gdbarch_auxv_parse (gdbarch, readptr, endptr, typep, valp);
+
+ return current_target.to_auxv_parse (¤t_target, readptr, endptr,
+ typep, valp);
+}
+
+
+/* Per-inferior data key for auxv. */
+static const struct inferior_data *auxv_inferior_data;
+
+/* Auxiliary Vector information structure. This is used by GDB
+ for caching purposes for each inferior. This helps reduce the
+ overhead of transfering data from a remote target to the local host. */
+struct auxv_info
+{
+ LONGEST length;
+ gdb_byte *data;
+};
+
+/* Handles the cleanup of the auxv cache for inferior INF. ARG is ignored.
+ Frees whatever allocated space there is to be freed and sets INF's auxv cache
+ data pointer to NULL.
+
+ This function is called when the following events occur: inferior_appeared,
+ inferior_exit and executable_changed. */
+
+static void
+auxv_inferior_data_cleanup (struct inferior *inf, void *arg)
+{
+ struct auxv_info *info;
+
+ info = inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data);
+ if (info != NULL)
+ {
+ xfree (info->data);
+ xfree (info);
+ set_inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data, NULL);
+ }
+}
+
+/* Invalidate INF's auxv cache. */
+
+static void
+invalidate_auxv_cache_inf (struct inferior *inf)
+{
+ auxv_inferior_data_cleanup (inf, NULL);
+}
+
+/* Invalidate current inferior's auxv cache. */