go-delve/delve · error

could not get floating point registers: %v

Error message

could not get floating point registers: %v

What it means

Error "could not get floating point registers: %v" thrown in go-delve/delve.

Source

Thrown at pkg/proc/native/threads_linux_ppc64le.go:23

	"fmt"
	"syscall"
	"unsafe"

	sys "golang.org/x/sys/unix"

	"github.com/go-delve/delve/pkg/proc"
	"github.com/go-delve/delve/pkg/proc/linutil"
)

func (t *nativeThread) fpRegisters() ([]proc.Register, []byte, error) {
	var regs []proc.Register
	var fpregs linutil.PPC64LEPtraceFpRegs
	var err error

	t.dbp.execPtraceFunc(func() { fpregs.Fp, err = ptraceGetFpRegset(t.ID) })
	regs = fpregs.Decode()
	if err != nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf("could not get floating point registers: %v", err.Error())
	}
	return regs, fpregs.Fp, err
}

func (t *nativeThread) restoreRegisters(savedRegs proc.Registers) error {
	sr := savedRegs.(*linutil.PPC64LERegisters)

	var restoreRegistersErr error
	t.dbp.execPtraceFunc(func() {
		restoreRegistersErr = ptraceSetGRegs(t.ID, sr.Regs)
		if restoreRegistersErr != syscall.Errno(0) && restoreRegistersErr != nil {
			return
		}
		if sr.Fpregset != nil {
			iov := sys.Iovec{Base: &sr.Fpregset[0], Len: _PPC64LE_FPREGS_SIZE}
			_, _, restoreRegistersErr = syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_PTRACE, sys.PTRACE_SETREGSET, uintptr(t.ID), uintptr(elf.NT_FPREGSET), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&iov)), 0, 0)
		}
	})

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/proc/native/threads_linux_ppc64le.go:23 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of go-delve/delve@a23773e6c3 (2026-08-31). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ad8b44f6439d0797. Report an issue: GitHub.